Sucker Punch

This was something everyone has to see. I mean your brains will explode from your head, because it won't be able to handle all the adrenaline pumping through it. This was also a story that is the first of it's kind. I don't think anyone has put a movie together like this. At least one that was good, visually-striking, and leaving you in awe.

Story:
It begins with the main character, Baby Doll(Emily Browning). She's sitting on her bed waiting to hear to the news. A man approaches the door to her bedroom. He sees her, and sadly lowers his head. Fright is filled in her eyes and she runs from her room, down the hall to her mother's room. She barely sees as the assistant's cover her mother with a linen sheet. She died.

We come to see Baby Doll's step-father(Gerard Plunkett) in his study. He opens a envelope, entitled last will and testament. As he reads his wife's will, he sees that all of her possessions are left to her two daughters. In a fit of rage, he tears the room apart. Still enraged, he makes his way to the bedrooms of his two step-daughters. He comes after Baby Doll, trying to break his way into her room and getting scratched by her in the process. His eyes lighten up, he has a better idea. Instead he locks Baby Doll in her room, and goes after her much younger sister.

Fearful for her sister's well-being, she goes out the window. As she comes back into the house, she's points a handgun at her step-father... and shoots. She misses and the coward scrambles to the floor. She walks past him and goes into her sister's bedroom. She sees her sister lying on the floor. She goes to her side hoping she is alive, but is only saddened to see her sister's blood on her fingertips. She goes back to her step-father, who is in the process of trying to call the cops. She points the gun to his head. Intending to shoot. She doesn't. She drops the gun, and runs from the house. She's later found by the authorities, and returned to her step-father.

We then see her being committed to a mental hospital by her step-father. Who has pinned the murder on her, saying she was violent and dangerous. She's then taken on a small tour of the asylum. Towards the end of the tour, she overhears her step-father talking to an orderly, Blue Jones(Oscar Issac). By being paid by the step-father, the orderly forges the signature of the psychiatrist to have a lobotomy performed. The result would make her unable to do anything. It would make her a zombie.

She has five days to escape the asylum before a doctor comes to perform the lobotomy. With the help of some new friends. She has a chance to be free.

Review:
Last year, Alice in Wonderland blew us away with it's incredible visual effects. This year, Sucker Punch will hold the title. One of the things that makes this movie special is how the genre of the movie changes when different events come to pass. In the beginning, it's a noir genre. Following that it switches back between drama, and action/fantasy.

Now the thing that no one has done before. This movie shows numerous repeated elements that would be found in anime(japanese cartoons). The scenes that take place when Baby Doll "dances", are scenes that are full of non-stop action of anime style combat scenes. Each scene being in a new environment with a new scenario. There is no 2-D cartoon animation here whatsoever. All those jumps, slashes, and kicks are performed by the actors, with the help of CGI of course.

This is a movie that focuses primarily on the bonds of friendship. It goes deep on how people, in this case girls, depend on each other to get out of a bad situation. It shows how dangerous and scary the world can be. I can't tell you how many times I just wanted someone to bust the door down and save those girls from their misery. Especially when it came to the events with the asylum's cook.

Cast:

Emily Browning played the character Baby Doll in this film. The film is entirely focused on her character, and with each expression she gave the character, she pulled the sympathy right out of you.
Abbie Cornish played Sweet Pea. The "Big Sister" to all the girls. She brought the strength and responsibility to get things done.  
Jena Malone played Rocket, the literal younger sister to Sweet Pea. Without her faith, the group wouldn't be and Baby Doll would've been alone in her decision to leave.  
Vanessa Hudgens was Blondie, and to the contrary wasn't blonde.
Amber was played by Jamie Chung.

This movie was so visually stimulating I thought I was going to explode. It definitely is on my must-see list of 2011.