ActionThrillerScience Fiction

Lockout

- Take no prisoners.

Set in the near future, Lockout follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent , whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President's daughter from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum security prison.

Release Date : 2012-04-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : EuropaCorpCanal+Ciné+Digital FactoryFilmDistrict

Production Country : France

Alternative Titles : Lock-OutMS One: Maximum Security

Cast

Character Name : Snow

Original Name : Guy Pearce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emilie Warnock

Original Name : Maggie Grace

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alex

Original Name : Vincent Regan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hydell

Original Name : Joseph Gilgun

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harry Shaw

Original Name : Lennie James

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scott Langral

Original Name : Peter Stormare

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hock

Original Name : Jacky Ido

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mace

Original Name : Tim Plester

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barnes

Original Name : Mark Tankersley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kathryn

Original Name : Anne-Solenne Hatte

Gender : Female

Character Name : President Warnock

Original Name : Peter Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Negotiator

Original Name : Nick Hardin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duke

Original Name : Dan Savier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Slick

Original Name : Damijan Oklopdžić

Gender : Male

Character Name : LOPD Technician 1

Original Name : Bojan Perić

Gender : Male

Character Name : LOPD Technician 2

Original Name : Evan Moses II

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radio Technician

Original Name : Greg De Cuir

Gender : Male

Character Name : White House Doctor 1

Original Name : Thomas Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : White House Doctor 2

Original Name : Daryl Fidelak

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank Armstrong

Original Name : Miodrag Stevanović

Gender : Male

Character Name : Safe Room Technician

Original Name : Charles Robertson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rupert

Original Name : Michael Sopko

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hitman 1

Original Name : Yan Dron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hitman 2

Original Name : Vanja Lazin Barquero

Gender : Male

Character Name : LOPD Pilot 1

Original Name : Marko Janjić

Gender : Male

Character Name : LOPD Pilot 2

Original Name : Stefan Buzurović

Gender : Male

Character Name : MS1 Control Room Doctor

Original Name : Peter J. Chaffey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secretary

Original Name : Bojana Bregovic

Gender : Female

Character Name : Scar

Original Name : Milorad Kapor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corridor Inmate with Knife

Original Name : Jason Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : New Technician

Original Name : Jovan B. Todorović

Gender : Male

Character Name : Street Girl

Original Name : Milana Milunović

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shuttle Pilot

Original Name : Patrick Cauderlier

Gender : Male

Reviews

Per Gunnar Jonsson

@Dark Jedi

2024-05-16

We watched this movie more or less by chance last evening. We normally do not have Canal+ in our “bouquet” but they are making a drive right now so everyone can watch Canal+ for a couple of weeks and this movie looked interesting, at least compared to the rest of the choice available that evening, so we watched it. It was a surprisingly entertaining evening movie. It is pretty much a standard Hollywood nonsensical pop-corn movie but it is a well done one. It makes no pretence of being anything else than it is. The story is a fairly predictable action story. Hero gets framed during the introduction scenes. Quick flip to the space prison that is going to serve as the scenery of the bulk of the movie. Dumbass thinks he is more clever than everyone else so he breaks the rules. Goes bad. Prisoners break out. President’s daughter just happens to be there at the same tame. Our hero is sent in to save the day. Action time! There are a few more complications to the story but that is pretty much it. It is a simple and solid story that pretty much holds water. It would have been a fairly standard, even mediocre, movie if it was not for our hero which is doing an admirable job of playing hero and tough guy. The dialog, as nonsensical as it is, definitely lifts the move. The action is fairly good and so are the special effects although it is by no means a movie that is held up by its effects. The main bad guy is a really irritating psychotic son-of-a-bitch. The actor is doing a good job of portraying him but the character itself bugged the hell out of me when watching the movie. He is a bit over the top that has to be said. Anyway, the movie was quite entertaining as an evening pop-corn flick and since we picked it more or less by chance and did not know much about it before hand it was indeed a fairly pleasant surprise.

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Nobody smokes anymore, Snow! I was kind of inclined to headline this as being the movie guaranteed to make highbrow film fans froth with incredulity. That anyone could enjoy such a derivative, tongue-in-cheek, low ambition piece of schlock, is surely cause for venomous spleen venting from the serio film brigade. They call them guilty pleasures, but thing is, I just don't feel guilty about having such a wonderfully fun filled great time with the Luc Besson produced Lockout. Plot? Well it's the future and basically Guy Pearce (Snow) is wrongly convicted of a crime and sentenced to do stir in stasis until whenever. But up in space at the MS1 prison facility, home to all the maniacs found in "Demolition Man", the president's daughter, do-gooder babe Emilie Warnock (Maggie Grace), is suddenly taken captive and it's a big hostage situation. This looks like a mission for a serious hard bastard type! Well "Snake Plissken" wasn't available, so they get Snow, who is bulked up, full of wise cracks and has a point to prove. Guess what follows? Yep, complete popcorn frenzy as Pearce and Grace cut a swathe through MS1 and have a date with coolness personified. On the way, via a truly gorgeous sci-fi affected Blu-ray print, we will tick off the homages and influences and compare notes with our viewing partners about how it's a "Snake Plissken" movie but with Shane Black type dialogue. While those who are partial to a bit of sci-fi design are well served here. Because even though there might be the worst CGI effects ever during a chase scene (that mercifully only runs for 50 seconds), the space ships, sets and Torsion System sequence, prove that you don't need Michael Bay type bucks to please the eyes. From the quite brilliant and hilarious opening interrogation beat down, to the big reveal and punch line, this Besson produced piece is serving popcorn with a smile to a certain segment in the film watching populace. With bits of the "Snake Plissken" movies, "Fortress", "Die Hard", "Commando", "Demolition Man", "Minority Report", "Last Boy Scout" and any other quip laden dude/wronged man on a mission movie, Lockout clearly lacks originality. But seriously! Was anyone involved playing it as anything other than a sly homage movie? No, they wasn't. Pearce is great fun in the role, but he isn't trying to worry the highbrow crowd's votes for films of the year. Anyone viewing it expecting something cerebral should feel more guilty than those who stand up to say they had a great time watching it. Ingem Ferem. 7/10