Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Sucker Punch (2011) 7/10

Starring : Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino
Director : Zack Snyder
Running Time : 110 mins

A young girl known simply as Babydoll (Browning) is institutionalized into a mental home by her abusive step-father who blames her for the death of her younger sister. As she retreats into a fantasy world where she and her fellow inmates are super tough femme fatales working at a brothel, she comes up with a plan to help her escape – a plan she needs to bring to fruition before she is lobotomized…

Visually this is a very interesting movie, but if you look below the surface this actually becomes even more interesting. Browning wonderfully underplays her role as Babydoll and manages to make what could otherwise have been a very dull movie into one where we are interested in the workings of the protagonists mind and want to know just what her plans are and how she expects to achieve them against what seem to be insurmountable odds.

You’ll like this if you liked : Sin City



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