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Zack Snyder delivers the ultimate “Sucker Punch.”

Zack Snyder delivers the ultimate “Sucker Punch.”

I had the opportunity to see Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch the other night and I must say I am still speechless. I've spent the last few days just going over the movie in my head, from beginning to end... and damn that movie truly kicks ass!

Zack Snyder has so far givinen everything a fan boy or girl could want in movies: scary zombies, "Dawn of the Dead", "300" (for the ladies and some men out there) , brought a graphic novel to life with "Watchmen", gave owls a cool purpose in life with "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole," and now we get to see five hot chicks kick ass inside the imagination (or is it) of a young girl (Baby Doll) as she copes with being sent into an institution by her evil step father in "Sucker Punch."

The visuals in this film are stunning. Man can Baby Doll dance! When you go into her head it's a whole new world where her and four other female inmates kick total ass. The four other inmates are played by Abbie Cornish (Sweet Pea), Jena Malone (Rocket), Vanessa Hudgens (Blondie) and Jamie Chung (Amber). All four actresses in the film had great chemistry and handled all the physical work pretty well. I'd have to say the best scene in the movie is with the three big samurai in the beginning fight sequence when she meets up with the Wiseman (Scott Glenn). I don't want to give to much info so I'll just stop right there.

The soundtrack and placement of the songs were well snychronized and simply just amazing. In the beginning of the film, when you see Baby Doll sitting on her bed, you hear a dark version of The Eurhythmics "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) performed by Baby Doll herself, Emily Browning. There is also a dark version of The Pixies' "Where Is My Mind" performed by Yoav and featuring Emily Browning. Some of the other songs featured in the trailers like Bjork's "Army of Me" and few other tracks are just a few of the singles you'll have to check out for yourself.

If you are a fan of Zack's work, enjoy a great soundtrack, awesome visuals and just want to have your mind twisted and blown away (tagline warning: "you will be unprepared.") So in other words "GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!". It makes me wonder how his next film "Superman: Man of Steal" is going to be like…can't wait.

Synopsis:

Close your eyes. Open your mind. You will be unprepared.

"Sucker Punch" is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what's real and what is imaginary.

She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls—the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish), the outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens) and the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung)—to band together and try to escape a terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Oscar Isaac) and Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino), before the mysterious High Roller (Jon Hamm) comes for Babydoll.

Led by Babydoll, the girls engage in fantastical warfare against everything from samurais to serpents, with a virtual arsenal at their disposal. Together, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive. But with the help of a Wise Man (Scott Glenn), their unbelievable journey—if they succeed—will set them free.

Born from the creative vision of filmmaker Zack Snyder ("Watchmen," "300"), "Sucker Punch" features an ensemble cast of young stars, including Emily Browning ("The Uninvited"), Abbie Cornish ("Bright Star"), Jena Malone ("Into the Wild"), Vanessa Hudgens (the "High School Musical" films) and Jamie Chung ("Sorority Row"). The film's main cast also includes Carla Gugino ("Watchmen") and Oscar Isaac ("Robin Hood"), with Jon Hamm ("The Town," TV's "Mad Men") and Scott Glenn ("The Bourne Ultimatum").

Zack Snyder directed "Sucker Punch" from a screenplay he wrote with Steve Shibuya, based on Snyder's story. Snyder and Deborah Snyder produced, with Thomas Tull, Wesley Coller, Jon Jashni, Chris deFaria, Jim Rowe and William Fay serving as executive producers.

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes Academy Award®-winning production designer Rick Carter ("Avatar") and "Watchmen" and "300" veterans director of photography Larry Fong, editor William Hoy and costume designer Michael Wilkinson. The music is by Tyler Bates and Marius DeVries.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Cruel and Unusual Production, a Zack Snyder film, "Sucker Punch." Opening nationwide in theaters and IMAX on March 25, 2011, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

"Sucker Punch" has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for thematic material involving sexuality, violence and combat sequences, and for language.

 

 

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