A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
This movie isn't bad in the way some incompetently made movies are bad; this is bad because there's much skill evident in a pointless endeavor.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
27 Mar 2011
rotten:
Snyder pulverises our senses with derivative digital images and obvious musical choices. But his failure to delineate the levels of 'reality' is confusing and self-defeating.
– Nigel Floyd,
Time Out,
30 Mar 2011
rotten:
The movie spins out of control, until it collapses in a heap, senseless.
– Bruce Diones,
New Yorker,
11 Apr 2011
rotten:
Snyder likes to think that his Russian nesting doll of a concept is enough to excuse its hollow center.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
29 Jun 2011
rotten:
Gun-toting hotties combat assorted villains and their robot henchmen in this tawdry, repellent action fantasy.