Sucker Punch

My first encounter with Sucker Punch was nearly a year ago in the days leading up to it's box office release an annoying acquaintance i knew at the time rambled on about it for hours. Saying how he could not wait for the film and how the sound track is "amazing!". I didn't choose to take his advise, i mean it had Vanessa Hudgens in it... It just didn't seem like my type of film. So you can imagine i was reluctant to watch it last week. But i can now say i've seen it twice more since then and have purchased the film on dvd.

Tyler was his name from earlier and yes he was right it was amazing and the sound track (although not my usual music tastes) was gripping and fitted well into the fast paced, sci-fi, action thriller, fantasy. You could name many more genres if you wanted to for i think this film has an amazingly broad target audience yet doesn't stoop low as some generic block busters do.

The film feels like it is shot in two different worlds, one being the reality and the other the fantasy world where the girls must fight to escape, for their minds can set them free. I love the dramatic gritty scenes in the mental asylum that are not afraid to convey what actually happened in the past at these too easily forgotten prisons. I think director Zack Synder was looking for a sort of 'Girl Interrupted' feel to this half of the film, which i thought worked brilliantly and what the film needed to accommodate a serious side to the film and yet to attract a wider female audience.

The Second side of the film is worlds away from the Asylum, battling in abstract Sci-fi/Fantasy worlds which combine the two together perfectly. The fight scenes are nothing you've seen before, fast paced yet the slow motion is used so uniquely to capture every movement of the girls as they fight these astonishing creatures. And the girls get battered! These fights aren't your average super hero fight these girls take a punch over, and over again making you feel the realism of the action. But what really brings the fight to you in this film are the camera angle. The are just incredible. Leaving your jaw dropped whilst you watch this petite girl strike down a huge Samurai in shots you could not have imagined, the cinematography in this film is ridiculously good. So it's no wonder that Zack Synder also directed 300.

In conclusion i thought it was an amazing film and didn't feel like there were any faults to the film. Some people will not get this film first time as i did, you find your self drifting out in conversation and you've missed some vital information. So you might want to watch it a second time. But i believe Sucker Punch was an amazing film and will not judge a book by it's cover from here