It follows the very sexy 'baby doll' as she is admitted into an insane asylum. Once in there she creates a fantasy where she is no longer trapped in an insane asylum but trapped in a brothel. She then hatches a plan to escape with a group of equally sexy girls with equally odd names by dancing in front of various clients to distract them in order to steal certain items which will allow them to escape.
Each dance is represented by a battle sequence in a different fantasy. These fantasies include; a Japanese samurai battle, a steampunk world war two zombie battle, a lord of the rings-esque Vietnam battle and a sci fi robot battle. It's as if Snyder is trying to show off his range as a director by squeezing in every single genre he could possibly imagine.Known for his love for the slo mo effect, zack makes no exception here. So much so that watching it in fast forward probably wouldn't hinder the plot. Like a hipster writing a novel in a little known café chain, the style is there but the substance is not. The girls are sexy but none of their characters seem to go futher than this and although they have all been mentally and physically abused they are still presented as overly sexualised objects for the audience to enjoy. Also, because much of the action occurs in these fantasy realities, there is no real feeling of danger or peril.
Released on April 1st you could be forgiven for thinking this may have been an April fool's joke. So where's the (sucker) punch line? There isn't one. Therefore, if you're in the mood for a film that contains sexy girls, guns, short skirts, mental illness, short skirts, violence towards women and short skirts then this is something you'd probably enjoy. If on the other hand you want a more sensitive approach to the subject matter of abused women you'd probably be better chatting with a serial rapist.
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