Customer Ratings & Reviews

I had bought the extended cut Blu-ray when it first came out, but it got lost lending it out. When I saw a section of steelbooks at Best Buy this one was on sale and I was concerned that the packaging didn't say which version was in the box and showed the shorter running time. But, when I got it home it did have the same extended version and features I remember. About the actual movie, there's are about four fantasy sequences that are really must see action music videos. Very visually interesting and worth seeing on their own. The overall plot concerns a young girl who comes from a tragic abusive event to be placed in a mental ward. She then envisions a world in which she is held prisoner and trained to dance like other girls at a seedy club. To escape from the events there she envisions that she and her fellow inmates are part of an elite fighting unit in fantastical settings with zombie soldiers, orcs & dragons, giant samauri, and robots mixing genres and war machines. The points that were problematic for people I know were the varying levels of reality and some subject matter. If you followed Inception and didn't get bogged down with questions, you'll handle the transitions here fine. The second issue is the dark tone of the "reality" bookends, and the dancing club plot which is the majority of the screentime. Neither an old style mental hospital or the club is a pleasant place for the girls. While most of that plays out like prison break movie with them planning and gathering materials to effect their escape, there's certainly many references to forced activity and some violent events shown. Keep in mind, it did get a PG-13 as most of the battles involve non-human enemies. It's very much in line with Zack Snyder's other movies 300 and Watchmen as far as content and shares some of the aspects of Shutter island. My girlfriend really liked it, possibly more than I did. If you're not easily offended I'd recommend seeing it at least once. If you are easily offended, I still recommend skipping to the fantasy action sequences.

On first glance, this seems like shallow fan service about sexy women kicking monster butt video game style. Closer examination reveals a more interesting twisty narrative under the shiny genre gloss, especially in this extended edition.

The movie is a fun romp with an interesting story that does make you want to go back and watch it again. Unfortunately there is really poor cohesion between the scenes so it pulls you into this great world and as your starting to really get into it, it pushes you right back out. Overall a fun movie with some decent action scenes.

I really love this movie. I'm a female so I think the "girl power'ness" probably adds to why I like it so much. It has good acting (for the most part) and some cool cinematography. This seems to be one of those movies where you either love it or hate it.

This movie isnt for everyone. Its visual and creative fantasy wild ride is fun to go on but isnt meant to be taken seriously or compared to Zack Snyder's other outings.

the fantasy sequences that are dreams within dreams are interesting...each appropriately different from the others. Takes a while to figure out what is going on

Don’t put much thought into the story. It’s a fund escapist movie with a tight story and engaging characters.

I bought this for my girlfriend because she said it's one of her favorite movies. I watched it for the first time in the process. It's better than I expected, and it's only around $5. Not bad.

good group of girls kicking butt. good and stylish action add this to your collection.

Saw this movie at BestBuy, didn’t get it initially. Found out the steel case is rare. Went back to Bestbuy, bought it. Winning

I love this movie but had a hard time finding it. Beautiful solid case and picture is great

Zack Snyder's first original film. For what it is, it's pretty solid. Worth the watch.

Sometimes I'll just fire up the movie and skip to all the action sequences. They each have a different visual theme and are excellently choreographed.

Snyder played around with some heavy concepts in this film and in a way that was unique. Worth a watch!

The story behind this movie is what got me. I would recommend it to anybody with an imagination, great looking scenes, and choreography.

Love the action and stunning visuals from visionary Zack Synder!!!

This movie starts off a little slow and may seem confusing, but stick with it. The action scenes are great and story line unique.

One of my wife's and my all-time favorite movies. Little money for HD quality.

Fun movie for the price. It kept my attention throughout the whole movie.

Great picture quality and sound effects. Overall I give this movie an 8 out of 10