Instant cult classic

Rating: Null/10 (8 October 2011)

Love it or hate it (I happen to love it), "Sucker Punch" sticks with you. Combination music video, violent video game and Freudian nightmare, this movie grabs and never lets go.
The music and visual style of this movie alone is worth the price of the ticket. Superb ensemble acting (except maybe for "Blondie," played by Vanessa Hudgens), satisfying mystery, fantasy, action, tight editing, not a wasted frame of celluloid.
"Baby Doll" is unjustly (or is she?) imprisoned in a mental institution in what appears to be the mid 60s. Here, she escapes her torment by indulging in fantasies (or alternate realities?) to discover her true powers and her purpose in life. A lot of critics (here and elsewhere) complained about the lack of character development. That would have proved excess baggage to a story of one person's story of self-realization (or, is it two?) While a flop in theaters, I expect "Sucker Punch" to be one of those "Midnight Movies," along the line of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".
Mind blowing! I give "Sucker Punch" a "10".