My Mind Just Took A "Sucker Punch"

Rating: 8/10 (12 December 2011)

This movie blew my mind. "Sucker Punch" is, in short, about the delusions within the delusions of a crazy chick. That's pretty much all you need to know. Think of the 'dreams within dreams' case from "Inception". Just like that.
The plot, well, there barely is one, but in all honesty. I don't care. But for those of you who want a bit more than "about a crazy chick", here you go. Babydoll kills her sister by accident, and assaults her step-father. He takes her to an asylum, where Babydoll retreats into her mind and imagines it an old 1930's-1940's brothel, so she doesn't have to deal with the pain of being in a psycho prison. Within this "brothel", a requirement to "work" there is to dance. But Babydoll doesn't know how to. Her dance instructor, Madame Gorski, tells Babydoll to let her mind go, and somehow, that makes Babydoll imagine she's fighting a 20 foot gorilla-samurai with a chain-gun! It's messed up. So in basic, Babydoll plans to escape the asylum with the help of her friends, but along the way, she has to dance every once and a while, so we get more epic fight scenes. That's the best way I can think of putting the plot. And, I'm sure you're still a bit confused. Don't worry.
As for acting, well, again, I don't think it matters. There's decent performances, and Vanessa Hudgens breaks the bond from her "High School Musical" days and shows she can kick ass!
Those are the best words for this film: Kick-Ass. The action is insane, over the top, amazing, beautifully choreographed and most of all, intense. The situations the girls are thrown into are ridiculous. One time, their in a D&D setting with an assault helicopter fighting a giant dragon over an egg. Then they're on a futuristic train trying to stop a bomb whilst killing every NS5 from "I, Robot" they see.
The soundtrack, is surprisingly, amazing. Every action scene is driven by a sick remix of incredible songs, from "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane, to "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin. It's freaking fantastic.
I'll say one thing about "Sucker Punch". I saw this with my mother and she LOVED it, and she normally watches a movie once and that's it. She wants to buy this. When you get my mother's approval, you got something good. Hell, my mom said even she noticed the soundtrack and would totally buy it. That is a ground-breaking achievement, and also proving this is not just a guy movie. Though I have to say, a group of girls with names such as Babydoll wearing school girl outfits slicing and dicing will get any guys attention. Don't even bother renting "Sucker Punch", just buy it.