Zack Snyder Is Still Planning on Doing a Director's Cut of SUCKER PUNCH and Offers insight on the Film's Ending

Director Zack Snyder says that after all these years, he’s still planning on doing a director's cut of his 2011 action-fantasy film Sucker Punch. I actually revisited this movie recently, and it’s such a beautifully made and cool action movie! The story and script needed a little work, but I still enjoyed the movie.

During an interview with Letterboxd, Snyder talked about the director’s cut and offers insight on the ending of the film, saying:

"I've never gotten around to doing the director's cut. I still plan to at some point. But in the original ending when Babydoll is in the chair in the basement with Blue - she's already been lobotomized - when the cop shines the light on her, the set breaks apart and she stands up and she sings a song on stage."

The movie does end with a lobotomy, but it implies that Babydoll also received justice for the abuse that came from her stepfather. Snyder went on to say, the studios thought the original ending was too weird:

"It's weirdly not optimistic and optimistic at the same time. That's kind of what the tone was at the end. We tested it and the studio thought it was too weird, so we changed it. You'll get to see it at some point, I'm sure. I hope."

Sucker Punch follows a young woman named Babydoll who is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather after her sister's death. While confined in a mental institution, she retreats into an imaginative, fantasy world to escape her grim reality. In this alternative reality, Babydoll and four other patients become warriors who must retrieve five items to help them break free before Babydoll is lobotomized. The film has a multi-layered narrative and explores themes of freedom, power, and sisterhood.

I hope Snyder actually does get around to doing his Sucker Punch director’s cut. I’d be interested in watching that. The film was panned by critics when it was released but has since gained a cult following.