SUCKER PUNCH

Year: 2011
USA: Warner Bros Pictures
UK: Warner Bros Entertainment UK
Cast: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Cheung, Jena Malone, Jon Hamm, Scott Glen, Carla Gugino, Oscar Isaac, Michael Jay White
Director: Zack Snyder
Countries: USA / Canada
USA & UK: 110 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for thematic material involving sexuality, violence and combat sequences, and for language
UK Certificate: 12A contains moderate violence, threat, language and sex references
USA Release Date: 25 March 2011
UK Release Date: 1 April 2011


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Synopsis

"Close your eyes. Open your mind. You will be unprepared."

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 outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish) - to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino) and the High Roller (Jon Hamm).

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 journeyâ€"if they succeedâ€"will set them free.

Born from the creative vision of filmmaker Zack Snyder (WATCHMEN, 300), the movie features an ensemble cast of young stars, including Emily Browning (THE UNINVITED), Abbie Cornish (BRIGHT STAR), Jena Malone (INTO THE WILD), Vanessa Hudgens (the HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL films) and Jamie Chung (SORORITY ROW). The film’s main cast also includes Oscar Isaac (Robin Hood) and Carla Gugino (WATCHMEN), with Jon Hamm (THE TOWN) and Scott Glenn (THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM).