Sucker Punch review

"Sucker Punch" is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what's real and what is imaginary. She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls-the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish), the outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie
 (Vanessa Hudgens) and the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung)-to band together and try to escape a terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Oscar Isaac) and Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino), before the mysterious High Roller (Jon Hamm) comes for Babydoll. Led by Babydoll, the girls engage in fantastical warfare against everything from samurais to serpents, with a virtual arsenal at their disposal. Together, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive. But with the help of a Wise Man (Scott Glenn), their unbelievable journey-if they succeed-will set them free

Indeed. The director Zack Snyder gets to let his imagination run wild in this loud, incoherent action/sci-fi mashup. Emily Browning plays a young girl who is wrongly committed to a mental institution, where she’s given instructions (and a fetish-gear wardrobe) that will allow her to function in a dreamworld in which warrior-like fantasies could aid in her escape. The movie looks like a video game being played in a dust storm—its brown-and-rust palette is irritating. As the heroine faces all sorts of dangers (such as samurai robots and zombie German soldiers) with a team of scantily clad girls who may or may not be figments of her imagination, the movie spins out of control, until it collapses in a heap, senseless.