Suckerpunch in the stomach!

Rating: 5/10 (21 April 2011)

Review Two: Suckerpunch
A popcorn flick with far too much between the part that makes it popcorn, and too little substance to be anything but. "The film achieves exactly what it wanted to and does it well, the issue lies within the fact that the film exists!"
Zack Synder played one too many video games while writing what could be the best popcorn flick of 2011. Is that really enough though? The film contains World War II Zombies (Call of Duty), Dragon's, Castles, Battle Mechs, Girls in skimpy clothing and non-stop action. The comparisons to video games aren't wrong, and sometimes there is a feeling of watching someone play a game. This isn't a bad thing, and even non-gamers can find appeal in this film.
However, amongst the midst of the action and fun comes the brothel scenes, which essentially are tediously boring. Essentially, this isn't because the scenes are bad, but the sudden contrasting after getting so hyped up leaves a lot to be desired of the brothel. The whole film revolves around a 'dance world' and the reality, but the transfers make little sense, and is just an excuse to throw in some entertaining action sequences.
People say the film is overly sexual, to which is disagreeable. The characters costumes aren't overly revealing and are somewhat artistically appealing. It's also said to have an awful story, of which I can agree to. The story is made out to have extreme depth and meaning, but truly people think way to much into it. An unreasonable twist somewhat defeats the purpose, and the film as a whole, while it does have an interesting story, the way we receive it is awful.
Audiophiles will be stunned at the quality of the music and sound effects, from covers of Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics) to 'Where is my mind?', you'll find yourself immersed in what could be classified a musical had the music have more involvement than just audible connection. Would I watch this film again? Only for the action sequences.
Ratings: For Gamers: Six out of Ten Nazi Zombies. The appeal is there, the execution is not. For mindless action and graphical excitement: Eight out of Ten Dragon's. For those looking for a good narrative and/or are intrigued in film as an art: 2/10 SOLID RATING: 4/10. This film isn't classified as good, but nor is it bad. I recommend viewing it, but only for the action sequences which are extremely well done.