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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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