I heard about SUCKER PUNCH since very long because it's one of Zack Snyder's first movies before he directed the DC comic book movies and also because it has tons of divergent reviews (some great, some bad and most in between). Last July I finally saw it and I ended up liking it, not loving it.
The movie is set in the 1950s. Babydoll is accused of having killed her sister during a moment of madness and is taken by her stepfather in the institute for mental illnesses named Lennox House for the Mentally Insane for lobotomize her so that he can take her dead sister's inheritance all for himself. Five days before lobotomy Babydoll enters in her imagination in a burlesque game house and she meet other four dancers that like her want to escape. During a dance lesson by Vera Gorski (Carla Gugino) Babydoll imagines herself in Ancient Japan where she meets the Wise Man (Scott Glenn) that reveals her how to escape from the institute and she'll need five objects: after the dream sequence is over Babydoll has finished her dance and the director Blue Jones (Oscar Isaac) is pleased.
Soon Babydoll, Sweet Pea, Rocket, Blondie and Amber find the objects and end up from battling a World War I battle to a dragon in a medieval castle and other adventures and fugues, up until we return to the instituion where the Player is none other than a surgeon (Jon Hamm) specialized in lobotomy and just practised it on Babydoll. In the meanwhile Sweet Pea is seen riding on a bus with the Wise Man as the driver that takes her despite she is ticket-less because they have a long road to go.
If you go into this movie expecting a superhero movie you are wrong. Yes it's directed by Zack Snyder but it's a totally different movie for him because it was Snyder's original concept and it's good nonetheless. The acting was great, not surprising considering the cast members and the action scenes well coreographed. It's also unique because there are various moments that you just have to see them to believe them (like the aforementioned one of the World War I battle that shiftes with the dragon in the Medieval castle).
Overall, an action movie capable of satysfing its fans and for everyone else, a nice time passer and a guarantee for two hours of fun.
