Beautifully crafted visual feast with a serious story

Rating: 8/10 (4 April 2011)

Before I watched Sucker Punch I felt this film could either be a load of garbage or a masterpiece. Thank god it wasn't garbage.
The special effects are just phenomenal, the story fantastic, the action is crazy and the girls are hot hot hot. On that note don't for one second think this is just a blokes film, yes it's full of flawlessly gorgeous looking girls and makes great eye candy but it is the story that is the key to its success.
You have got to be open minded to enjoy Sucker Punch as it takes a straight forward story and implements two further versions of itself. Very hard to describe without spoiling the film but it keeps you absolutely mesmarised the entire way from start to finish.
The trailers may have you thinking this is an action film along the lines of dungeons and dragons or final fantasy however it is actually a very dark portrayal of a young girls battle against time and is all centred around abuse, betrayal, deceit, manipulation and just the sheer will to survive.
When I left the cinema after watching Sucker Punch I actually said to my friend that I hadn't made my mind up if I liked it or not. It's hard to explain but I found myself playing the film over and over in my head that night and realised the more I thought about it the more I loved it.
One thing I will say however is you have to see this film on the big screen, I feel that it might not come across as well on DVD as it is just mind blowing. Yes it isn't an action film, it's primarily a drama/thriller however it probably has MORE action in it than any action film out there!!!! My god does it just go all out crazy.
So to sum this film up. 1) Totally hot babes. Check. 2) Great story. Check 3) Fantastic Special Effects. Check. 4) Amazing mind blowing crazy ass action. Check 5) Totally hot babes. Check