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Rating: 2/10 (28 March 2011)

(Not Recommended) That sound you might here in the distance may be the ka-ching of the cash register as this film rakes in millions from unsuspecting moviegoers, or the grumbling from a disapproving audience of movie fans in love with graphic novel adaptations and video games. Yes, the latest loud, crass, and bombastic film from Zack Snyder, Sucker Punch ( with an emphasis on the first syllable, I might add ), has now entered the movie arena and you have now been officially warned! So prepare yourself if you choose to attend its screening for two full hours of utter nonsense or wisely avoid this movie at all costs if you have any common sense ( which the film itself sorely lacks ).
The lame brained plot is a mere outline of a film without a real script. Meet Babydoll, ( Emily Browning ) who befriends Sweet Pea ( Abbie Cornish ), Rocket ( Jena Malone ), Blondie, whose a brunette ( Vanessa Hudgens ), and Amber ( Jamie Chung ). All of the actors overdo their roles and deserve better material than this.
This miserable and senseless onslaught of mayhem is meant to be camp, but it lacks any real wit or humor. Sucker Punch is the equivalence of visual static. It's a series of music videos strung together posing as a coherent movie. Highly influenced in the Michael Bay School of Filmmaking, the film is full of noise, explosions, gunfire, and crashes. ( I would be amiss if I didn't state that the film's director, Zack Snyder, does have a strong visual sense of filmmaking. He keeps the action sequences moving at a quick pace, except for his overuse of anachronistic pop songs and slo-mo effects. But it is his writing skills that are also old- fashioned and lazy, desperately in need a reboot. He's become a poor man's David Lynch with a nod to Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. )
His film aspires to be just a teenage fan boy fantasy, a movie display of female eye candy who fight Nazi zombies, dragons, robots, and other Gameboy obstacles, dispensing justice with cutting edge swords and state of the arts computer effects. Sadly, Snyder has more to offer than this pap.
Sucker Punch is a bloated mash-up of violence, action, and sex ( in descending order). The film has no redeeming value except for its visual kinetic style which put me in sensory overload within the first half hour. Sucker Punch will affront your senses and leave you breathless with its boldness and audacity. It certainly reinforced its title claim for anyone who comes near this film mess ( with an emphasis on the first word, I might add ). It is undoubtedly one of the worst films of this year. GRADE: D
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