Movie Review - Sucker Punch
Movie Trailer - Sucker Punch
The movie started with 20-year-old Babydoll (Emily Browning), was sent to the Lennox House for the Mentally Insane in Brattleboro, Vermont by her abusive stepfather (Gerard Plunkett) after she was accused of causing the death of her younger sister. Blue Jones (Oscar Isaac), one of the asylum guard, was bribed by Babydoll's stepfather to forge the asylum's psychiatrist, Dr. Vera Gorski (Carla Gugino) signature to have Babydoll lobotomized.
When she enter the institution, Babydoll entered a fantasy world in which she was a virgin newly arrived in a brothel owned by Blue, a mobster. She befriended four other dancers — Amber (Jamie Chung), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), Rocket (Jena Malone), and Rocket's older sister, Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish). Dr. Gorski was the girls' dance instructor, Madam Gorski. Madam Gorski informed Babydoll that she would be sold to a client known as "The High Roller" (Jon Hamm).
One day, Madam Gorski forced Babydoll to perform an erotic dance. While dancing, Babydoll fantasized that she was in feudal Japan, meeting the Wise Man (Scott Glenn) in a temple. After expressing her desire to "escape", the Wise Man gave Babydoll weapons. He told her that she would need to collect five items to escape: a map, fire, a knife, a key, and an unrevealed fifth item that required "great sacrifice". As she left the temple, she was confronted by three demonic giant samurai, which she defeated them. As her fantasy ended, she was back in the brothel and her dance impressed Blue.
Inspired by the Wise Man, Babydoll convinced her friends to join her in her escape plan. She plotted to use her dances as a distraction whilst her friends get the necessary items. During each of her dances, she imagined adventurous events including entering a bunker protected by steam-powered World War I German soldiers to get the map (while Sweet Pea entered Blue's office and to copy the map of the brothel); getting into an orc castle to slay a baby dragon to get two fire-producing crystals (while Amber stole a lighter from the pocket of a client) and boarded a train and fighting mechanized guards to disarm a bomb (while Sweet Pea stole the kitchen knife from the belt of the brothel's cook). During the last effort to get the knife, Rocket sacrificed herself to save Sweet Pea and was killed when the bomb detonated (which was deadly fight between the cook and the other girls in the brothel).
Blue suspected that the girls were up to something. He overheard Blondie telling Babydoll's plan to Madam Gorski. After discovering the Rocket was killed in the kitchen by the cook, he locked Sweet Pea in a utility closet and confronted the other girls backstage. He shot Amber and Blondie during the confrontation. Then he attempted to rape Babydoll but she stabbed him with the kitchen knife and stole his master key. Babydoll went to the utility closet and freed Sweet Pea. They started a fire to trigger the fire alarm so that the institution's doors will be unlocked. They managed to escape to the courtyard, where they find the front gate was blocked by a few men. Babydoll then realised that the fifth item needed for the escape is herself. Despite Sweet Pea's protest, Babydoll sacrificed herself to distract the guards while Sweet Pea to slip away.
The movie then went back to the asylum in which the surgeon (Hamm) just lobotomized Babydoll. The surgeon was disturbed by Babydoll's final expression and started to question Dr. Gorski on why she authorized the procedure. Dr. Gorski then realized that Blue had forged her signature. She called for the police and Blue was apprehended while trying to attack Babydoll.
Meanwhile, Sweet Pea managed to escape to the bus station where she was stopped by policemen. The bus driver rescued her by misleading the police. The bus driver was the Wise Man from Babydoll's fantasies. He told Sweet Pea to take a seat in the back of the bus, and that she had a long way to go.
When she enter the institution, Babydoll entered a fantasy world in which she was a virgin newly arrived in a brothel owned by Blue, a mobster. She befriended four other dancers — Amber (Jamie Chung), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), Rocket (Jena Malone), and Rocket's older sister, Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish). Dr. Gorski was the girls' dance instructor, Madam Gorski. Madam Gorski informed Babydoll that she would be sold to a client known as "The High Roller" (Jon Hamm).
One day, Madam Gorski forced Babydoll to perform an erotic dance. While dancing, Babydoll fantasized that she was in feudal Japan, meeting the Wise Man (Scott Glenn) in a temple. After expressing her desire to "escape", the Wise Man gave Babydoll weapons. He told her that she would need to collect five items to escape: a map, fire, a knife, a key, and an unrevealed fifth item that required "great sacrifice". As she left the temple, she was confronted by three demonic giant samurai, which she defeated them. As her fantasy ended, she was back in the brothel and her dance impressed Blue.
Inspired by the Wise Man, Babydoll convinced her friends to join her in her escape plan. She plotted to use her dances as a distraction whilst her friends get the necessary items. During each of her dances, she imagined adventurous events including entering a bunker protected by steam-powered World War I German soldiers to get the map (while Sweet Pea entered Blue's office and to copy the map of the brothel); getting into an orc castle to slay a baby dragon to get two fire-producing crystals (while Amber stole a lighter from the pocket of a client) and boarded a train and fighting mechanized guards to disarm a bomb (while Sweet Pea stole the kitchen knife from the belt of the brothel's cook). During the last effort to get the knife, Rocket sacrificed herself to save Sweet Pea and was killed when the bomb detonated (which was deadly fight between the cook and the other girls in the brothel).
Blue suspected that the girls were up to something. He overheard Blondie telling Babydoll's plan to Madam Gorski. After discovering the Rocket was killed in the kitchen by the cook, he locked Sweet Pea in a utility closet and confronted the other girls backstage. He shot Amber and Blondie during the confrontation. Then he attempted to rape Babydoll but she stabbed him with the kitchen knife and stole his master key. Babydoll went to the utility closet and freed Sweet Pea. They started a fire to trigger the fire alarm so that the institution's doors will be unlocked. They managed to escape to the courtyard, where they find the front gate was blocked by a few men. Babydoll then realised that the fifth item needed for the escape is herself. Despite Sweet Pea's protest, Babydoll sacrificed herself to distract the guards while Sweet Pea to slip away.
The movie then went back to the asylum in which the surgeon (Hamm) just lobotomized Babydoll. The surgeon was disturbed by Babydoll's final expression and started to question Dr. Gorski on why she authorized the procedure. Dr. Gorski then realized that Blue had forged her signature. She called for the police and Blue was apprehended while trying to attack Babydoll.
Meanwhile, Sweet Pea managed to escape to the bus station where she was stopped by policemen. The bus driver rescued her by misleading the police. The bus driver was the Wise Man from Babydoll's fantasies. He told Sweet Pea to take a seat in the back of the bus, and that she had a long way to go.
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