Sucker Punched

The hype for Sucker Punch was enormous, at least for me. The trailers and the casts looked so good, especially with Zack Snyder helming this. I mean, this gotta be the action movie of the year. With Indonesian cinema in peril, this is my first movie that I watched in cinema after the issue with the tax. I flew to Singapore and bought tickets as soon as I arrived at the city.

The story is about a girl named Babydoll (Emily Browning) who's institutionalized by her stepfather after accidentally killed her own sister in a brawl with her stepfather. In this institution/brothel owned by Blue (Oscar Isaac), she met others with similar fate. Within days, she would be lobotomized by High Roller (Jon Hamm) and for that, she must escape. She found that her ability for dancing brings her to an alternate reality where she must fulfills her quest along the other girls to escape the institution.

The power of Sucker Punch is the action scenes, which was crafted skillfully by Snyder. And to accompany that awesome scenes, the soundtrack is so electrifying. The first soundtrack was a cover for Eurythmics song, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), it fits the scene perfectly, making it almost like a cinematic music video. In every Babydoll's quest there must be an action scene. Well, those scenes don't actually have any coherence with the main storyline. It's actually just a dramatized version of a simple task (like taking a knife from a fat guy) which was generated from Babydoll's imagination. makes you think maybe she deserved to be in that crazy house. At one point, Zack Snyder abused his trademark slow-mo action sequence and it proved to be an overkill, both negatively and positively. Positively it looks incredible and negatively, it kinda bore you. Snyder may be good at action but not at story writing. All of the sudden, the quiet Babydoll became the leader of the pack although Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish) is still around? The character is not developed clearly. It'd be better if those action arent for nought. They should somehow relate to the real reality. The ending is a bit of a downer too. Emily Browning is perfect for the role and those costumes she wears is just smokin. The other girls are also adequate for the roles. Just so you know, the film may look like telling about Babydoll, but it's not. Just like Watchmen, the soundtrack is so great which requires you to buy it after watching this. And just like 300, the action sequences are the best. Sadly, the story doesn't live up to the soundtrack and the action. Sucker Punch: rated C+