In recent years, the majority of movies are remakes or adaptations of other pieces of work. Most films recently released are all genre based films in which recognizable conventions and iconography are used. Sucker Punch is a fairly new film directed by Zack Snyder from 2011. Snyder’s Sucker Punch is created to appeal to the male audience with its varied male gendered genres fused into one film. Although the film’s target audience is male, the film is dominated by female characters. The main characters portray strong women who fight for themselves, yet seem to be bound by the power males hold over them. Through analysis of genre and style, as well as the application of the feminist theory, the films displays how the genre and film as a whole are affected by feminist theory proving that Sucker Punch is just another archetypical male action film. A genre uses its elements to help categorize a film in order to inform viewers of what they are about to watch (Giannetti & Leach, 2011, 52). Sucker Punch is established to be a film of combined genre of action and adventure through its use of action sequences as well as fantasy with its escapes to a parallel reality filled with mythical creatures as the characters embark on their journey to freedom. Genre generally consists of the following elements: character types, settings, narrative conventions, stylistic conventions, iconography, and themes (Giannetti & Leach, 2011, 52). Baby Doll is the main character in which we follow as we watch her journey to freedom from her abusive step-father, the insane asylum, and brothel in her imagined reality. Baby Doll is the protagonist, the action hero in the movie accompanied by the other girls fighting the monsters in her mind in addition to those in real life. Blue and Baby Doll’s step father are the villains whose abuse she must escape. There is also an apparent parallel between Baby Doll and her younger sister, to Sweet Pea and Rocket. Both older sisters start their fight for the well being of their younger sister, which results in the deaths of both younger sisters in order for the older one to be free; ultimately resulting in Baby Doll’s sacrifice for Sweet Pea’s survival. A second parallel can be made with Baby Doll’s mother and Madame or Dr. Gorski (Sumayao, 2011). When Gorski is present in real life during Baby Doll’s dances, the girls succeed in attaining the items they seek out. Gorski is the one who initially encourages the girls’ escape into their own fabricated realities by saying, “What you are imagining right now, that world you control. That place can be as real as any pain.” When Gorski is absent during their mission to steal the knife from the chef, Rocket is killed. This is comparable to the scene where Baby Doll’s mother dies, and she accidentally kills her own younger sister in attempts to stop her step father. There is a lack of character development in which it makes it difficult for the audience to really sympathize for Baby Doll. Yes, Baby Doll had an evil step father and accidentally killed her younger sister, but when she is unable to escape the view