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Sucker Punch, which was directed by Zack Snyder, is a science-fiction / fantasy film that is based on the story of a group of girls who are trying to break out of an insane asylum, which is actually is front for a whore house. I really enjoyed watching this movie because it had creative and inventive fighting sequences, and that is in addition to a cast of beautiful women wielding weapons. One woman in particular, Vanessa Hudgens, surprised me with how bad ass she could be. The rest of the cast, who were all new to me, did a fantastic job during the fighting scenes, which were my favorite parts of the movie since they were so fun to watch. It was also Zack Snyder’s unique visual style that made Sucker Punch even more enjoyable for me.

However, Sucker Punch has been receiving some mixed reviews. While a lot of people enjoyed the fighting scenes, they found the dialog in other scenes to be bland and uninteresting. I found this to be true as well, and would go so far as to say that this film would be better without these long, dialog-driven scenes. There were others who felt even the action sequences were not very fun or interesting to watch. I wholeheartedly disagree with this opinion, because these were the scenes that I enjoyed watching, and Sucker Punch has plenty of them.

While Sucker Punch is a fun movie to watch, I’d recommend renting it once its run in theaters has ended. This is a great movie to watch at home with friends and family around. However, I did not find it fun or interesting enough to justify the price of theater admission.

While you wait for its eventual DVD / Blu Ray release, check out its trailer below: