Not a great film, but entertaining enough.

Rating: 6/10 (10 February 2014)

SUCKER PUNCH
I had heard nothing but bad things about this movie... but I never go with other people opinions, I like to come to my own conclusion.
The movie is about a girl who is left with her step father after the death of her mother. She is abused and sent off to a mental institute for the death of her sister (which she didn't do). While there she starts getting these visions that she is a dancer in a brothel. Her mission is to escape with some of the other girls and find the freedom she is looking for.
The story is very confusing at times and not easy to follow. It was OK in the end when it explained itself, but it was still not a very strong story.
The effects were not great. Some of it was very good, but at other times it felt like I was watching a computer game. It could have been better. There were times where I thought that it was good... some of the "dream" characters were really well done. I liked the way that when some of the soldiers got killed, steam came out of the wound instead of blood. I thought that was different and looked great.
The acting was average at best. There were some actors who did a good job, but others just seemed bad. The movie starred Emily Browning as Babydoll. Unfortunately I thought she did a bad job. She was not very convincing and her fighting scenes looked uncomfortable. Other cast members were Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgensï»¿, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino and Oscar Isaac. Oscar was the best actor in this by far. He was creepy and horrible and played it really well.
It looked like all the girls that were there to kick some butt, just didn't have it in them. You could tell these girls felt like they couldn't do it and the fighting scenes suffered because of it.
I don't think this film deserves the bad wrap it got. It was not a great film by any means, but it was entertaining enough if you don't expect a great big box office movie.
I will give it 6 out of 10.
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