Imagine being served one of the most scrumptious looking meals of your life. Now imagine it's at a funeral.

Sucker Punch isn't a bad movie no matter what some people will tell you. In fact its components are nearly entirely fabulous: a killer soundtrack, amazing effects, great fight scenes combined with whimsical flights of fancy and scantily dressed girls.

But somehow when put together it doesn't quite work.

Without giving anything away Sucker Punch is about a young girl institutionalised by her abusive step-father. She copes by retreating to alternate realities and blurrings of perception ensue.

See? Even a brief synopsis sounds pretty cool.

But the heavy handed undertones overwhelm the senses to the point where not even stunning fights can drag you out of the constant barrage of negativity.

Seriously. We're talking about scenes that mix incredible fx with pop culture inspired hordes (can you say Nazi Zombie?) but what should serve as escapist moments somehow only drag us deeper into the depressing mire.

In fact the movie might even have benefited from a reduction in the length of these scenes, despite them being the most anticipated sequences in a movie most of us have been anxious to see. From a holistic perspective you could even cut the third or fourth one.

Don't get me wrong - Director Zack Snyder delivers an incredible piece here. It's just that it's hard to fully enjoy the meal with a heavy heart.

No matter how tasty it looks with impressive performances from the cast (including Vanessa Hudgens' surprisingly strong turn) and skimpy clothing (seriously, this movie is like gamer porn) it doesn't leave your stomach jumping for joy.

I certainly recommend seeing it. Just don't be surprised if, like me, you end up not going to see it again in the cinemas but instead planning to buy the DVD so you can just re-watch the fight scenes and ignore the rest of the movie.