Sucker Punch

There's a lot I could say about this movie but I haven't quite wrapped my brain around it yet. Suffice to say, the critics who panned this as a pure exploitation flick by Zach Snyder, completely missed this film. Not only is this a movie that essentially critiques the fanboy fetishization of women, it is a very very dark film about abuse, mind control, and disassociation.

There are many flaws in this movie, and I understand anyone who says that it's ultimately a chore to get through. I found the action sequences visually impressive but boring in the way that the action scenes in the second two Matrix films were boring. The film is also compromised, I think, by its PG-13 rating, fairly inappropriate for its subject matter.

Check it out if you want to see a video game version of Mulholland Drive, Showgirls, and Black Swan. Interesting film and future cult classic.