7. Sucker Punch
So, a friend walks up to you and says, "Hey, did you happen to hear about the dream I had where
scantily clad women used guns, katanas, and various other weapons to fight enormous, mechanical samurai, dragons, and steam-punk Nazi soldiers?" and you, as a decent human being inquire, "No, but where can I purchase that dream?" That's what Zack Snyder's
Sucker Punch promises in its bombastic, special effects-laden trailer. What it doesn't come out and tell you is that the "plot" has nothing to do with the sequences that grab your attention. It contains an empty, less-than-subtle psychological plot that might just drive viewers mad every time something isn't PG-13 exploding. That, on top of a hammy performance from Oscar Isaac and a very left-field role from Jon Hamm, the movie manages to make its most promising elements as droll as the rest of the film. Shoddy, obviously rehearsed action sequences with heroines, who never-the-once become the threats we're supposed to take them as, drive this "promising" film much further down into the bargain bin at Best Buy.