I've read quite a bit of controversy on this film.
Some people have right out said it is crap, others say it is Zack Snyders
(writer slash director) worst work etc etc... but I feel like these people are
taking it too literal or too seriously. Sure the premise is rather bleak but
the overall filming experience is... cool. I love the soundtrack a lot
and the Kill Bill come Burlesque come One fly’s over the cuckoos nest
action is great. The girls are hot in their Anime style get up and
the fight scenes "kick ass"" - what's not to love? It
is a story of will overcoming adversity as 5 girls try and escape their
tormentors.
People have been angered by the three realms of
reality, which feature in this film. Oh contre this is its winning angle and is
essentially what the film is. So without such it would cease to be... so deal
with it. The film begins in reality one, filmed in dark gritty realistic shots.
Cue lots of rain, thunder, grey outfits and gloom. The action is shot in a
montage style until we are bought into realm 2. The lights are now harsh and
superficial… the girls once in grey rags prance around as burlesque dancers and
prostitutes and congregate in a glitzy changing room. Although
the location has changed into a speakeasy slash "whore house"
you still get the sense that the glitter and the frills are only masking the
reality of a dingy and unforgiving asylum and that they are one and the same. Then we
are treated to the 3rd realm as and when it is needed in an episodic fashion.
It is not gauze of reality this time but shows the girls fighting in battle
giving a literal sucker punch to the powers that suppress them. It is a
dramatic tool used to override the otherwise anti climatic scenes of young
girls dancing and stealing knives and lighters.
Definitely one to watch if your in Blockbuster or
the like and are after a simple action, because despite the 3 realms brain
shaker Sucker Punch is a very simple story. It is quite a unique concept and I,
at least, haven't seen any other films which are even remotely similar. It is a
mixed bag of genres and dramatic tools thrown at you in the name of story telling.
At its heart it is bitterly sad but the layers and layers of glam and kick ass
action battle scenes ease the blow.
Year:2011
Running Time: 110 mins
Classification: 12A
For more info check out the IMDb
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