10 Films That Only Make Sense If You See The Director’s Cut
3. Sucker Punch
The director's cut of Sucker Punch is still a masterclass in style over substance, but it isn't the unwatchable car crash that arrived in cinemas in 2011.
Zack Snyder movies are rarely anything less than a spectacle, regardless of their narrative shortcomings, yet even the gritty visual flare his fans thrive on was stripped away in the editing suite on this occasion.
The cinematic cut's narrative is fractured to the point of incoherence. It's almost as though key connective scenes were hacked away using a machete, leaving chaotic fantasy violence to rein without rhyme or reason.
Only the extended version of Sucker Punch offers a hint at the dark, action-fantasy hybrid Snyder originally had in mind, and comes anywhere close to coherent.