Sucker Punch ½

Zack Snyder directed and co-wrote this Action/Fantasy. Watch Preview Cast: Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Oscar Isaac, Scott Glenn. Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving sexuality, violence and combat sequences, and for language. Running time is one hour and forty-nine minutes.

An epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl (Browning) 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. Novel, poster, soundtrack.

Based on the previews I wasn't expecting much from this film but never have my low expectations been so spectacularly achieved. I can see perhaps gamers might find this attractive but anyone else attending should consider taking a lot of illegal substances before doing so to make it even marginally palatable. The plot makes no sense and indeed, director Snyder has described it as being "Alice In Wonderland with machine guns." I viewed the Imax version and the sound was grossly loud with the surround sound being painfully strident in comparison to the dialogue. That will probably be corrected but no one's going to be able to do anything about the absence of a meaningful plot (how do steam powered zombies as soldiers strike you?). My opinion is that the older patrons who read my reviews will not care for this film at all. Theatres/Times. IMAX Times.