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Sucker Punch

2011 Directed by Zack Snyder

You will be unprepared

A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.

Emily Browning Abbie Cornish Jena Malone Vanessa Hudgens Jamie Chung Carla Gugino Oscar Isaac Richard Cetrone Jon Hamm Scott Glenn Gerard Plunkett Malcolm Scott Ron Selmour Revard Dufresne Alan C. Peterson Kelora Clingwall Frederique De Raucourt Monique Ganderton Lee Tomaschefski Eli Snyder Cainan Wiebe Danny Bristol Danielle Benton Paula Giroday Louise Hradsky Daniela Dib Brad Kelly Peter Bryant Patrick Sabongui Show All…

Alternative Titles

Mundo surreal: Sucker Punch, Sucker Punch: The IMAX Experience, Sucker Punch EC

action fantasy thriller

110 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

Popular reviews

Review by robyn ½ 56

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

I think this is my third time trying to finish this film and I just cannot do it. It fills me with so much rage I'm liable to start hulking out. I usually try and watch a film to the end before I give it a rating but this film has officially beaten me.

There is so much already written about how this film fails, much more articulate than I could ever be. I just want to shout "RAPE IS NOT A EASY PLOT DEVICE" from the rooftops but to be honest I am so fucking tired of shouting it time and time again, what's the point?

You'd think 3 billion years of evolution would make us able to create…
Review by Charlie Morris ★★★★ 49

I was told beforehand that this was a love it or hate it film and that there was no in between, and it's easy to see why that is. Personally, I don't agree with any of the negative reviews, so it turns out that I'm one of the few that love it.

Firstly, I don't understand why many of the reviews I have read go on about the huge emphasis on rape for. This is what put me off at first, but there are much worse films out there that people still love.

There is a focus, yes, but nothing is ever shown, if it even happens at all, as it is all implied rather than stated and seen. From…
Review by Graham J ★ 18

Watching Sucker Punch is like watching a friend you don't really like play a videogame for two hours. Making things worse is the stranger sat between you both aggressively wanking over his iPod full of shit reworkings of your favourite songs.

Sucker Punch is not only as bad as you've heard, it's worse.
Review by voidember ★★★★★ 36

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Please note: my review of this film reflects the Blu-ray Extended Cut which includes some extended and deleted scenes that are not in the theatrical version, scenes I feel are crucial to the continuity of the narrative in this film. If you've only seen the theatrical cut, I highly recommend watching the extended cut before reading my review.

Sucker Punch is arguably one of the most complex narratives in contemporary feminist filmmaking. Hear me out. As through a glass darkly, this is a film of several dimensions literally and figuratively speaking. How you interpret it will greatly depend on how you perceive the world, and in that way, Sucker Punch is one of the best examples of viewer subjectivity in…
Review by jose ★★★ 1

is it bad that I’m a bit torn for this movie? I loved the visuals and how bad ass the women are but then I hate how the costume design is so sexualized....... but i don’t know I’m still out here supporting zack synder no matter what
Review by SilentDawn ★★★½ 4

62/100

Female empowerment as a fantastical glimmer of sci-fi trash and neopunk junk food. Its opening sequence is a little masterpiece in and of itself, using lightning as footnotes and shattering bulbs as a physical act of attempted liberation. It's too bad that the rest of this strange creation isn't as visionary as it wants to be, but I continue to get lost in every CGI-addled frame; a cheap and unwavering movie making power that Snyder utilizes to fulfill his dreams and expanses. Zombie soldiers, techno robots, and a big-ass dragon are only toppings in this overly massive action sundae. Pass the syrup.

Recent reviews

Review by Tom ★★★★

A batshit concept + incredibly filmed action sequences + a dark, reflective aspect that feels grounded and important, years later + Snyder’s distinctive visual style = This.
Review by CharlesYang ½

Sugar coated twat fest.

A billion things happening and I still found myself bored into oblivion. Lifeless characters. Predictable plot. A waste of everyone's time.

After reading everyone else's review I couldn't help but chuckled a bit. Holy shit! The film is called Sucker Punch. (Insert LOL emoji) And that's what it does to anyone attempting to watch it. Anytime I tried to watch this movie I got sucker punched by boredom and got knocked the fuck out. And everytime I got up for Round 2, believin every single time I could come out the victor, I got sucker punched again. I feel stupid for even attempting to see some good in this shit.

If I had a choice between watching this movie again or Citizen Kane. I probably gonna have to choose my boi Kane.
Review by Vlad Pop

I really wanted this to be a guilty pleasure, but it's just too dull. I get why some like it though. Maybe I've played too many video games. Ugh.
Review by Zak Nuraney ★★

Gains a star because I saw it for free on opening night. If you're a 12-16 year old male then this will hit you right in the puberty
Review by jose ★★★ 1

is it bad that I’m a bit torn for this movie? I loved the visuals and how bad ass the women are but then I hate how the costume design is so sexualized....... but i don’t know I’m still out here supporting zack synder no matter what
Review by c a ★★★★

“We hate snitches, so....” ☹️😭😢
Review by Brian ★★½

It started off pretty awful, but gradually got better as the film went along, and the fantasy fight scenes were pretty entertaining. I've always enjoyed Synder's style, but I just couldn't care about any of the characters.
Review by Josh ★★★★★

Absolutely amazing!
Review by se7enteen ★★★★½

The idea was so good but I didn’t like the “dance” scenes but it’s still a great movie! Loved it so much i definitely recommend it.