Joe Wright has hit out at Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch.
The filmmaker, who is back later this year with his new movie Hanna, has described Sucker Punch's female empowerment message as 'bulls**t'.
Speaking to Digital Spy the director said: "I remember when the Spice Girls came out in the '90s and they called it 'Girl Power' - I think that's bulls**t.
"I probably shouldn't say this but the posters for recent films with girls kicking a**e - there's one out at the moment - there's girls in the poster in bikinis and crop-tops, and they've got pigtails and they're dressed up as schoolgirls.
"They're being sexualised, this is supposedly 'Girl Power' female empowerment and that's bulls**t.
"Female empowerment is not about sex, that is the point of female empowerment. It's about brains and not objectifying women."
Hanna sees Wright team up with his Atonement star Saoirse Ronan, who has be trained as an assassin from a young age.
The movie also stars Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett.
Hanna is released 6th May.
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