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Sucker Punch [Blu-ray]

Emily Browning , Jena Malone , Zack Snyder    Suitable for 12 years and over   Blu-ray
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (214 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Emily Browning, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish
  • Directors: Zack Snyder
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Japanese, Icelandic, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Italian, English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish
  • Dubbed: German, Italian, Spanish, French, Japanese
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Audio Description: English
  • Region: Region B/2 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.40:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 8 Aug 2011
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (214 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B006GAP79M
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 23,299 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Sucker Punch has Moulin Rouge's freewheeling disrespect for genre, cramming dragons, zombie steampunk World War I German soldiers, robotic samurai, military helicopters, and gun-toting, scantily clad superbabes into a series of hyperviolent fantasies that spring from the undulations of a schizoid madhouse inmate. Sucker Punch also has The Matrix's disdain for the laws of physics, as svelte young women in tight clothes leap, spin, twirl, kick, and crash in slow-motion spectacles that only vaguely resemble how bodies actually move in space. On top of that, Sucker Punch has a video game's disinterest in characters, narrative, sensible dialogue, or sense of any kind, really--anything that might get in the way of the next spasm of bullets and sword slashes. A troubled girl nicknamed Baby Doll (the preposterously glossy Emily Browning, whose china-doll looks previously appeared in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events), traumatized by her impending lobotomy, reimagines her asylum as a hybrid cabaret/brothel. She and her just as whimsically monikered fellow inmates (played by Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, and Jamie Chung) use their feminine wiles and some kick-ass gyrations to escape… but things go very, very wrong. The relentless eye-candy comes from director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300), whose interest in decorative grime and glistening skin seems to short-circuit everything else. But there's no denying that eye-candy does abound. Also featuring Scott Glenn in the Yoda-esque role of "Wise Man." --Bret Fetzer

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'Watchmen' and '300' director Zack Snyder returns with this 1950s-set musical fantasy thriller. Due to the machinations of her evil stepfather, Baby Doll (Emily Browning) finds herself trapped in a mental institution, awaiting a lobotomy. Desperate to be free, she escapes into an alternate reality of her own making; a world full of warriors, weapons and weird, wondrous creatures, and where it is her mission to steal five objects in five days while being pursued by an unknown foe. As other inmates from the institution begin to appear in her fantasies, the differences between Baby Doll's two realities become less pronounced. Soon, she and her friends realise that what happens in this alternate world will influence events in the 'real' one. Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone and Jamie Chung co-star.

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257 of 300 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A Work of Flawed Genius? 9 April 2011
Format:DVD
*** POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOLLOW ***

I'm making the focus of this review an explanation of what I believe (and others that have shared their thoughts with me) the story and film is about. I think alot of the issues negative reviews have is that it makes no sense, so hopefully what I've laid out here will help go some way to explaining it.

Like other, more constructive, reviews have already stated this film works on a number of levels. Not just the various layers of reality but also with layered meaning and symbolism. I you were expecting *just* an easy to watch straightfoward action film then you're going to be, well, sucker-punched. Why would anyone think this though - the trailers' all pretty much warned you to not expect that and the title definitely does. In fact there are multiple ways to interpret the title of the film beyond it just not being a straightforward action film. Here are a few points to consider regardin it:

* Baby Doll was not the protagonist (a fact she twigs on to at the end).

* She isn't even necessarily real - she's an 'Angel' created in the mind of Sweet Pea.

* Baby Doll's back story (her sister and situation) all describe, in part, the story of Sweet Pea's (as alluded to within certain scene's of the film).

* Let's also not forget that Sweet Pea was playing the role of Baby Doll in the first scene on the stage. The narrator all the way through the film is Sweet Pea. The fantasy bordello elements didn't actually start until we meet Sweet Pea.

So, I believe Sweet Pea is the reality of this film, and no-one else, and if you realise Sweet Pea is the focus of the film's story (and this may only occur on repeat viewings) then you pick up on a lot more *clues* as to what is really taking place in this film.

Right at the beginning of the film a curtain opens and Sweet Pea is telling the story of how she came to be in an asylum. In her retelling, it's a 50's style asylum. The doctor reminds her that she's in control of the story. The asylum of the film isn't actually real (it goes without saying that the bordello and action scenes are also fantasies) which explains the anachronisms of modern music combined with 50's style fashion and technology.

In order to recover, she needs to explore her issues. Sessions in which they're addressed are too traumatic, so she further escapes into outright fantasies (the action scenes). The shifts through the various layers of realities and the projection of other personalities are the way Sweet Pea explores her issues and works through them. Its a very clever way of representing isolation and dissociative behaviour to make them palatable and accessible to the average film-goer.

The film's plotline is basically about Sweet Pea's journey along the path of recovery, her "escape". So, the other girls are symbolic of this journey:

1) Baby Doll is a projection of Sweet Pea's guilt over not being able to save her sister. She has to let that go at the end to fully "escape".

2) Rocket is repesentative of Sweet Pea's sister. She *is* Sweet Pea's sister but the denouement as she lies in Sweet Pea's arms goes some way to healing her [Sweet Pea].

3) Blondie is a projection of Sweet Pea's self-doubt. Constantly unsure, she also seeks justification and forgiveness in the arms of various authority figures (ie, the doctor and Blue).

4) Amber is a projection of Sweet Pea's denial and mental resistance to what has occured and this is symbolised in the fact that she's always the pilot - there to pull Sweet Pea out of the fire if it gets too hot.

Along with the layers of reality, all these characters are used within the film as metaphors for Sweet Pea's self-healing. The other characters (the doctor, Blue, her father) all exist as antagonists to this process throughout these layers of reality.

It really is a gutsy (maybe even experimental) film, dealing with these kind of issues, but because its wrapped up in the guise of a comic book (along with its script, visuals, etc) people don't seem to be able to see it for what it is. Which is a pity. With this in mind, I find it amusing to read alot of the negative reviews - especially the people that state how badly, scripted/acted/directed the film is and then plead with us that it makes no sense. If such people actually had any perceptive qualities they'd understand what the film is about, and as they don't it kinda calls into question their ability to recognise what a good film *is*.

In this film Zack Snyder has attempted to deal with some really big issues that are extraordinarily difficult to explain or represent visually in any format, never mind as the type of 'moving graphic novel' style he's known for, and he's probably failed as most viewers simply don't get the film. For me though, I found this film demanding (in a good way) and it made me really think about what was taking place and what it was actually about. Only a second viewing really sorted it out in my mind.

I believe, this film is a rough diamond and confirms that Zack Snyder is a visionary film maker who's attention to visual composition is up there with other movie making greats. As with his other films, he also knows how to integrate a film's score/music into a scene and in Sucker Punch he's reached his zenith on this - the soundtrack really fits. Sucker Punch, when at is best, dances along like some crazed hybrid action movie/graphic novel/music video. And its awesome. When not doing this, it does lack pace and interest can wane - almost like coming down from a drug induced high. But, considering the context of the film, perhaps that's somewhat deliberate? ... Snyder's took a real risk with the driving force behind this film as well as its presentation, which is commendable. Sucker Punch is an imperfect work of art which doesn't really fall into the category of 'standard film making'; it attempts to use the medium and approach storytelling in a different and highly stylised way, and I really enjoyed those aspects of it in addition to the central conceit of the film with regards to uncovering and understanding the layers of reality and the symbolism of the characters.

Although the film is not perfect by any means or without its faults, I hope people give it more of a chance in the future.

7/10.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars fantastic action in alternative reality 20 May 2013
By Gemgem
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
didnt no what to expect from this film and was surprised at how much i like it strong film to it of sin city with style/fashion of aviator i could be wrong on that but i enjoyed the fantasy and action and the story of one girls wanting to leave this reality for something better after loosing everyone shes loves and cares about of this film
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant bluray 22 April 2012
By KM HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
My lad and I really enjoyed Sucker Punch. We'd heard mixed reviews on it but you've just gotta see it for yourself and I'm glad we did!

It's basically the story of a girl who accidently kills her sister (whilst trying to defend her)and ends up in an asylum, via the underhanded dealings of her stepfather she is in line for a lobotomy so she can't tell anybody about what's been going on with the horrible stepfather. That's it! But as she's about to have the procedure she immerses herself into an imaginary world which is what this movie is all about (in the main!).

As you can imagine (no pun intended) the stuff you could possibly dream up with your mind is amazing and what we are treated to here is absolutely brilliant in my opinion. Forget all the hidden meanings and psycho babble of each and every little scene and character and just sit back, crank your speakers or sound sysytem up and enjoy the CGI fest and audio that will be blasted into your ever grateful ears folks because this movie does deliver great action scenes covering martial arts stylised fighting, guns, guns and more guns, Sci Fi, robots, giant samurai demons, steam punk german armies, orc like creatures and dragons accompanied by great audio and visuals!

As pure total and utter escapism I couldn't fault it, brilliant!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Weird, funny and interesting
Really enjoyed this film. It's quite unusual and creative. I'd not even seen a trailer before I bought this. Very glad I got it though.
Published 2 days ago by Pinkkitty
4.0 out of 5 stars A modern day Grimm fairy tale...
While it is true that there are some truly great movies (I would offer Andrei Tarkvosky's "Nostalgia") and some truly awful movies (Terrance Mallick's "Tree Of Life", if only for... Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Sucker Punch [DVD] [2011]
It was not what I was expected. The end came as a surprise though. The acting was average to good.
Published 11 days ago by Willem Hendrikse
2.0 out of 5 stars Rather painful to watch
I'll leave the Psychobabble and deep metaphor analysis to others (there are plenty of wordy impassioned platitudes & diatribes about this film already) and just say that for me it... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Paul
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as bad as people say!
This film got absolutely panned at the movies, but it's really not that bad. Take an open mind into watching it and you might be surprised.
Published 1 month ago by R. C. Irwin
4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic fantasy fun
One of my faves when it comes to fantasy type films, dark story but fun exciting action, wonderful steampunk theme. Arrived within days of ordering.
Published 1 month ago by TriaT
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece of movie making
I didn't know what to expect when I first watched this film, but I'll be forever glad I did. Visually stunning, highly original, great story, brilliant soundtrack, and most... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paul Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing movie.
It is a movie about a girl called Baby Doll (Emily Browning) who was put into an asylum anger her mother's death by her step father. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paris
5.0 out of 5 stars HI
I love the dvd and the story.A great bit of filming and cast.I love the ending.I love the special effects
Published 1 month ago by A. M. Holt
4.0 out of 5 stars I'm very pleased to have disregarded the critics
From the cover of the Blu Ray, a CGI action romp with scantily clad eye-candy, but more likely than not (note I'm not certain! Read more
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