Zack Snyder's CGI fest for 2011

Rating: 7/10 (4 September 2011)

I think the reviews focus too much on the film being targeted at male audiences only due to the overwhelming presence of beautiful young girls in their twenties. It is true, but it is the visual effect "orgy" that really steals the show.
The plot is very simple: a young girl is sent to a medical facility after confronting her stepfather in a violent way at home - she realizes the institution will be the end of her, therefore she immediately decides to come up with a plan in order to escape; which of course involves becoming friends with the rest of the girls inside the facility.
All the fantasy scenes we see - that comprise "zombie" Nazis, dragons, giant samurai and so on - are part of an alternative reality she escapes to in order to cope with the system. The battles are getting greater and greater; we can really feel the tension building up as well as how desperately she wants to escape.
Now, this is yet another Zack Snyder film (the director of 300) that focuses solely on the action. Well, I believe he also wished to make us see the development of the girls' relationship with one another, but it all just gets lost in the maze of computer generated images.
Sucker Punch is a 110-minute ride that comes to an abrupt stop. The ending was somewhat disappointing for me, yet, the overall experience was satisfactory. And yes, there were pretty girls in their twenties there, too...