Sucker Punch

A visually stunning fever dream that rewards viewers willing to look past its surface-level chaos

2011 • 110 min • Zack Snyder

🍅 Tomato Score: 22% | 🍟 Our Score: 48%

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Director: Zack Snyder

Cast: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Oscar Isaac

Runtime: 1h 50min

Released: March 25, 2011

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About the Film

After the death of her mother, a young woman known only as Babydoll (Emily Browning) is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Facing a scheduled lobotomy in just five days, she retreats into elaborate fantasy worlds where she and four fellow patients become fierce warriors on a mission to collect the items they need to escape.

Directed by Zack Snyder, Sucker Punch is an ambitious mashup of genres — part psychological thriller, part action spectacle, part music video fever dream. Featuring elaborate set pieces that span feudal Japan, WWI trenches, and sci-fi battlefields, the film pushes visual storytelling to its most extreme, backed by a pulsing soundtrack of reimagined pop classics.