Lockout

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Lockout

PG-13,

2012,

1h 35m,

Sci-Fi/

Action/

Mystery & Thriller

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37%

139 Reviews

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46%

100,000+ Ratings

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37%

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139 Reviews

46%

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100,000+ Ratings

Emilie Warnock (Maggie Grace), the daughter of the American president, leads a humanitarian mission to MS One, an outer-space prison in which the 500 most dangerous criminals from Earth are kept in a state of artificial sleep. Just as Emilie arrives, the now-awakened prisoners stage a violent rebellion, and she and the MS One crew are taken hostage. Emilie's only chance for salvation lies with Snow (Guy Pearce), a wrongly convicted agent who has been promised his freedom if he saves her.

Critics Consensus

Guy Pearce does the best he can with what he's given, but Lockout is ultimately too derivative and shallow to build on the many sci-fi thrillers it borrows from.

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Noah Berlatsky

The Atlantic

Aug 28, 2019

This movie is vacuous.

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David Denby

The New Yorker

Apr 23, 2012

At the screening, in between laughing fits, people around me whispered, in awed tones, "B movie, 1956."

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Apr 20, 2012

2/5

It's laughably over the top but Pearce, a decent actor, anchors it somewhere between Escape From New York and The Transformers.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Oct 10, 2023

4/5

…when you want to make a Die Hard film set in a space prison, and Bruce Willis isn’t available, Guy Pearce is absolutely the man for the job…

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Dec 4, 2022

1/4

Almost every scene or story element feels familiar in one way or another, so much so that enjoying the movie on its own terms becomes impossible.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 23, 2022

3/5

“Lockout” takes a lot of its inspiration from those 80’s action flicks, and it unashamedly tries to recreate the tone and feel of those films.

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Draco R

Aug 8, 2018

Good acting, good script and plenty of action. A good movie.

Jul 29, 2018

There's 2 storylines in this movie, they work aside one another but it takes a while before you get to that. Decent FX, could have just as easily been done in a normal prison but a space prison makes this a scifi movie, even it it is only by setting.

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Theodore W

Feb 16, 2018

Guy Pearce pretending to be Hugh Jackman pretending to be something kinda like Deadpool. It's hilarious. He should get to do way more action movies. His arms are L.A.R.G.E.

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Kylo S

Jan 22, 2018

Cheesy fun, total rip off of escape from New York/LA. Loved it!!

Rey S

Apr 9, 2017

This was a cool, violent, fast paced, futuristic action movie set in a space prison, but definitely could have been better.

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Albus W

Feb 1, 2017

It's good movie to watch

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James Mather

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Stephen Saint-Leger

Director

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Snow

Maggie Grace

Emilie Warnock

Vincent Regan

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Synopsis

Emilie Warnock (Maggie Grace), the daughter of the American president, leads a humanitarian mission to MS One, an outer-space prison in which the 500 most dangerous criminals from Earth are kept in a state of artificial sleep. Just as Emilie arrives, the now-awakened prisoners stage a violent rebellion, and she and the MS One crew are taken hostage. Emilie's only chance for salvation lies with Snow (Guy Pearce), a wrongly convicted agent who has been promised his freedom if he saves her.

Director: James Mather, Stephen Saint-Leger
Producer: Marc Libert, Leila Smith
Screenwriter: Stephen Saint-Leger, James Mather, Luc Besson
Distributor: Open Road
Production Co: Canal+
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Language|Some Sexual References)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 13, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 17, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.3M
Runtime: 1h 35m

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