Sucker Punch (2011) by Zack Snyder (SPOILER) Review

Review Title: Underrated and Unique: It's a Solid 7/10 for Me.

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I'm writing this review before reading any other reviews because I want to be as unbiased as possible, also I'm watching the Extended Cut for a better experience. When the movie starts we can hear ''Sweet Dreams'' playing in the background, why do I get the feeling that this film is gonna be a bit edgy, in a good Snydery way? We have already many slow motion shots, gotta love that, also I get strong fairytale-like vibes. The asylum feels really Snydery, this film already feels like a Snyder film. Nice to see Moon Knight in this haha (talking about Oscar Isaac). Ok this turned into a musical pretty fast, i like it. I have to admit that Babydoll has a really wild imagination. The first 30 minutes are really good, let's see what comes next. These giant Samurais look really cool, love the design, the Samurai fight scene was awesome.

Most of the characters are interesting but Babydoll and Rocket seem to be the most interesting so far. The way that Babydoll describes her escape plan reminds me of an RPG quest hehe, that's good though, i like this structure. Other characters that seem to be interesting are Blue (Oscar Isaac) and the Wise Man (Scott Glenn). The WW2 scene is very surreal, we have a giant high-tech Robot, we have planes, we have Zombie soldiers? And we have a huge army of German soldiers with gas masks. The mission to get fire was straight out of Lord of the Rings with castles, orcs and dragons. A dragon chasing a plane? I don't remember seeing that before, definitely cool. Zack really loves superhero landings, I do too. The scene in the train gave me Terminator vibes with the robotic warriors.

Wait Rocket died? She was an interesting character, that's sad. Someone could say that this movie is just a bunch of movie cliches thrown in a blender but Zack actually makes the whole thing feel fresh and unique, with interesting twists and it doesn't feel like a copy of someone else's work. Love how the wise man is the bus driver in the end. I don't understand why it has a 6/10 on IMDB, it's a bit unfair in my opinion. For me this movie is a solid 7. I think that towards the end of the film the pacing could have been better or i would give a higher rating. Sometimes it wasn't that easy to understand what's real and what's fiction but i'm sure that watching it a 2nd time would solve this problem. Most of the visual effects were decent but there were some scenes where they could have been better.

My favorite scene was the one where Babydoll fought the giant Samurais. The direction, cinematography and performances were good overall. I really enjoyed most of the music used in this film. It's a fun movie that has a little bit of everything, drama, action and lots of fantasy. While the movie has messages about abuse, feeling alone and desperate, for me it was mostly fun. You shouldn't take this film too seriously, not all films have to be serious. This is not Snyder's best work in my opinion but it is definitely worth watching, especially for Snyder fans.

Sources: Panagiotis1993 / IMDB, SnyderVerse Archive.