Sucker Punch

This weekend from the "master of slow motion action" Zack Snyder, comes Sucker Punch. A unique tale of a young woman who, due to the actions of her father (or was it her step-father, not sure on that one) is thrown away to an insane asylum. While there she is immediately given the name Baby Doll and added to a group of other pretty girls who are forced to dance for men. All this is directed by an evil orderly. Not a bad way to make some extra money. At first Baby Doll is reluctant but then she comes around. And that's where things take off. Every time Baby Doll starts dancing we are taken on an adventure ride in her mind. The first time we're there with her we learn from the Wise Man that she must obtain certain items in order to break out of the asylum. It's a wild story line.

Emily Browning stars as Baby Doll. The other girls are played by Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, and Jamie Chung. We also get performances by Oscar Isaac (bad guy), Scott Glenn (Wise Man) and Carla Gugino.

The first thing I like about Sucker Punch is the unique story. In 1975 movie watchers received an eye opener with the Oscar Award winning One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. That film brought to light the horrors of many mental institutions. News reports followed over the next decade that brought this problem further to the public eye. People were stuck in there, some needing help some not, that were abused and must have been longing from a way to escape. That's really what I would say Sucker Punch is about: finding a way to escape. It's a concept that isn't limited to mental hospitals either. I think everyone at some point or another in their lives can identify with escaping something or everything. The way all that is told in Sucker Punch is original and brilliant.

Visually the movie is stunning. It may not seem so much so at first because we've pretty much have come to expect that from Snyder. The slow motion action is there and it is well done. You never know what to expect on the different missions. There's all sorts of things Baby Doll and the girls have to contend with. I wonder if there is any symbolic meaning in all the monsters and characters?

I always like to comment on music in movies. The music here is outstanding and very much important in this movie. The soundtrack is made up of new versions of a wide variety of classic songs. Two of which are sung by Baby Doll herself (Emily).

Well I have no real complaints about this movie. I know alot of people out there haven't spoken too kind about it (some people don't like anything)...But it works for me and I think it's probably the best movie out there right now

...GO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You should be able to check out the soundtrack here: http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/5