Surprisingly, “Sucker Punch” has more depth than the previews give it credit for. This movie starts out fast and accelerates as the main character, Babydoll, played by Emily Browning, delves deeper into the layers of her dreams that help her cope with reality. Checked into an illegitimate psych ward by her abusive stepfather, she seems doomed to a life of suffering. The plot suggests that the male orderlies abuse their all-female patients, including Babydoll. She escapes into her dreams to find the strength that assists her in the struggle of good vs. evil.

Some parts of this movie are unrealistic, so my suggestion is: don’t take the middle portion of the movie too seriously. About a fourth of the movie is like something a teenage video gamer would dream up. Half of the movie is something realistic an adult would dream of and another fourth shows what happened to the girl when she was not dreaming. What is interesting is that this movie’s scenes do not follow a logical order. It is shown as if the audience is in the dream with Babydoll. There are blocks of events that occur in different places, but none of these events appear to be linked together until the very end of the movie. The movie kept me guessing the entire time, as I was trying to depict reality from fantasy.

I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes action, fantasy, realism, surrealism, pondering the meaning of movies, or all of the above. There is definitely more to this movie than a few heavily armed girls trying to bust a cap and save the day. Thought was put into the making of the movie, and my mind was boggled after leaving the theater.