Sucker Punch is largely a disappointment. We are told within the film what is intended, but that intention seldom translates to something that we can see and/or feel. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review.
Film critic Chris Stuckmann reviews Zack Snyder's latest, Sucker Punch, starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung. It is Snyder's first film based on an original concept. Sucker Punch movie reviews & Metacritic score: She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll has not lost her will to survive.
The way they used reality and dreams were brilliant. And all of the characters were, well. Despite visually-striking action sequences, Sucker Punch is a soulless film - and an excuse for Snyder to showcase a series of vivid fantasy worlds. If you really take a closer look, it's about an escape f. With "Sucker Punch," his first movie not based on pre-existing material, he runs wild through the dank corridors of a gothic mental hospital, the velvety rooms of a high-end bordello and combat landscapes that evoke World War I, samurai epics and science-fiction futurism. Verdict: It seems like there is no life in the plot woven by Zack Snyder in the movie 'Sucker Punch' but visual effects compensate for the lack of spirit in the movie.
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Peter Travers reviews Sucker Punch in his weekly video series, "At the Movies With Peter Travers". The movie, Snyder's first original, comes off as a tease that cops out on its shoddy but kinky premise. Take Babydoll, the film's put-upon protagonist played with a perpetual pout and black undies by Emily.
Sucker Punch is such a bad movie that it raises the bar for what counts as terrible. That's because there's a horrific genius in it. That's right: Sucker Punch is a message movie. If you like licking the goo out of a dormitory shower drain, you're going to love the whack-a-mole subtlety of Snyder's social.