Sucker Punch is a 2011 American
fantasy action film directed by
Zack Snyder and co-written by him and
Steve Shibuya. It is Snyder's first film based on an original concept. The film stars
Emily Browning, as a young woman who is committed to a mental institution. In order to cope, she envisions the asylum as a
brothel and teams up with four dancers/prisoners to escape before she undergoes a
lobotomy. As she collects the items she needs to escape, she enters another level of fantasy, in which the women become strong, experienced warriors.