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Sucker Punch is a 2011 American action, adventure, and fantasy film directed and written by Zack Snyder. The movie was produced by Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Cruel & Unusual Films. It features music by Tyler Bates, editing by William Hoy, production design by Rick Carter, and costumes by Michael Wilkinson. Filming took place in Toronto and Vancouver, while the narrative is set in a psychiatric hospital in Vermont. The film’s main subjects include escapism and violence against women.
The film has a runtime of 110 minutes and was released on March 24, 2011, with other publication dates listed as January 1, 2011, March 25, 2011, and March 31, 2011. It was distributed via video on demand through Netflix and iTunes. The production had a budget of 82,000,000 and generated box office revenue of 89,792,502.
Audience and critic assessments vary. IMDb lists a rating of 6.1 based on 261,741 votes, while TMDb reports a vote average of 6.196 from 5,062 votes. Other review scores include 4.2/10, 22%, and 33/100. The film has also been assessed using the Bechdel test.
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Film · TMDB
6.2A young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world where she envisions a plan to escape. Gathering a group of fellow inmates, she embarks on a quest to collect five mystical items, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.
Cast
- Emily Browning as Babydoll
- Abbie Cornish as Sweet Pea
- Jena Malone as Rocket
- Vanessa Hudgens as Blondie
- Jamie Chung as Amber
- Carla Gugino as Dr. Vera Gorski
Themes
- samurai
- escape
- asylum
- brothel
- surreal
- surrealism
- sword fight
- dragon
- robot
- inmate
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Zack Snyder
- Screenplay by
- Zack Snyder Steve Shibuya
- Story by
- Zack Snyder
- Produced by
- Deborah Snyder Zack Snyder
- Starring
- Emily Browning Abbie Cornish Jena Malone Vanessa Hudgens Jamie Chung Carla Gugino Oscar Isaac Jon Hamm Scott Glenn
- Cinematography
- Larry Fong
- Edited by
- William Hoy
- Music by
- Tyler Bates Marius de Vries
- Production companies
- Legendary Pictures Cruel and Unusual Films
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- March 25, 2011 ( 2011-03-25 )
- Running time
- 109 minutes
- Countries
- United States Canada
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $75-82 million
- Box office
- $89.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Sucker Punch is a 2011 fantasy action film directed by Zack Snyder and co-written by Snyder and Steve Shibuya. It is Snyder's first film based on an original concept. The film stars Emily Browning as "Babydoll", a young woman who is committed to a mental institution. As she collects items she needs to escape, she enters a series of fantasy worlds where she and her fellow inmates are strong, experienced warriors. Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Oscar Isaac and Scott Glenn also star.
The film was released in both conventional and IMAX theatres in the United States on March 25, 2011. The film received generally negative reviews and underperformed at the box office, grossing $89.8 million against its $75–$82 million production budget.
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