Overview
Genre :
Adventure, Sci-FiRelease Date :
April 13, 2012MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
James Mather, Stephen St. LegerStarring :
Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare, Vincent Regan, Lennie James, Tim Plester, Joseph Gilgun, Jacky Ido, Anne-Solenne Hatte, Bojan Peric
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“..there isn't much else to keep you guessing, except trying to figure out the actors' motives..”
by Scott Bowles [USA Today]
“..the movies bearing his imprimatur draw heavily from Asian cinema, graphic novels, and video games..”
by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies]
“..the full house at the screening I attended frequently burst into guffaws at the terrible dialogue..”
by Linda Barnard [Toronto Star]
“..the filmmakers' inventiveness with special effects and action, which landed them this job, gives the film a good deal of visual punch..”
by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times]
“..the aftereffects of watching "Lockout" include an inability to focus or to complete a simple declarative sentence without an ill-timed cutaway in the middle..”
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
“..still proves to be moderately satisfying B-movie cheese..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Review rate : C-
“..pretty much flaunts its simplicity and unoriginality as a badge of honor..”
“..pretty much flaunts its simplicity and unoriginality as a badge of honor..”
by Geoff Berkshire [HitFix]
“..it's a great sci-fi concept that seems to promise a one-two punch of sleek visuals and provocative..”
by Robert Levin [amNewYork]
“..clearly inspired by John Carpenter's Escape from New Yorkas well as borrowing a significant plot element from its L.A.-set sequel..”
by Frank Scheck [Hollywood Reporter]
“..briefly makes this movie more than a solo act..”
by Manohla Dargis [New York Times]
“..as is, Lockout's dystopian future of expendable lives comments principally on a dystopian present of expendable entertainment..”
by Nick Pinkerton [Village Voice]
“..after watching Lockout, you just thank Guy Pearce for getting the job done..”
by James Rocchi [Boxoffice Magazine]
