Sucker Punch
- Wed, May 28
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Zack Snyder Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 2011
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Emily Browning, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens
Our In Defense Of…series keeps on trucking, and it’s Jill’s turn again to pick the movie! This time around, she’s chosen Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder’s 2011 fever dream–a mashup of steampunk warfare, dragons, samurai demons, and burlesque surrealism wrapped inside a story of survival and resistance!
Emily Browning stars as Babydoll, a young woman institutionalized against her will who escapes into elaborate dreamscapes to reclaim her power. Joined by a fierce ensemble—including Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, and Oscar Isaac—she battles through layers of metaphor and mayhem, blurring the line between imagination and reality.
Dismissed by many and embraced by some, Sucker Punch has become a true cult artifact over the years and is a perfect entry into this series!