The story of Sucker Punch is one of the most disjointed messes ever presented on celluloid. It follows 'Baby Doll' (Emily Browning) after she is incarcerated in a mental asylum by her evil step-father. Instantly upon entering the asylum, the main orderly Blue (Oscar Isaac) decides that she needs a lobotomy. Then it is up to Baby Doll and her friends to gather five important items in order to escape the asylum. However, for some reason, most of the story takes place as if the asylum is a strip club/brothel.

As a result, the story makes no sense at all as there is no reason given for the constant jumping between realities, and when the action isn't happening the story moves at an amazingly slow pace with no real purpose other than to show scantily clad women fighting with swords. It is like if Inception was written by a hormonal fifteen year old. The acting in the movie is probably even worse than the story and that is saying something. There is only one noteworthy performance throughout the whole movie and that is for the wrong reason. Emily Browning definitely deserves an award for the category: 'Actress who has spent the most time in a movie with a confused look on her face'.

Sucker Punch does have one redeeming feature, and that is the immense action sequences. The special effects are outstanding, made even more mind-blowing because of the fact that I watched it at the IMAX. The sound quality alone almost blew me out of my seat. The choreography is crisp and brutal and a lot of effort has gone into making the girls look believable while they are fighting. It is a shame that they didn't put as much time into making a coherent plot.

Sucker Punch is definitely an example of style over substance and if this is what happens when Zack Snyder is left to his own devices, then he definitely needs to stick to what he knows, or more accurately, what other people know.