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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.
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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 08/28/2019
This movie is vacuous. Go to Full Review
David Denby The New Yorker 04/23/2012
At the screening, in between laughing fits, people around me whispered, in awed tones, "B movie, 1956." Go to Full Review
Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard 04/20/2012
2/5
It's laughably over the top but Pearce, a decent actor, anchors it somewhere between Escape From New York and The Transformers. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 10/10/2023
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… Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 12/04/2022
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. Go to Full Review
Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 08/23/2022
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. Go to Full Review
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Alona D Nov 26 Wrong place, wrong time. It’s a real shame that this film was rated so poorly when it first came out. Perhaps now, in 2025, it would have been highly successful and would have even received several sequels. The film is a solid action movie with dynamic action scenes, funny dialogues, and a plot that isn’t overly complicated. It has a good cast and great chemistry between the main characters. It’s easy to watch and goes by in one breath — an excellent movie for an evening. P.S. I love the film "Escape from New York," but I didn’t find anything in common with this one. See more Gregory S Nov 18 This is just a fun movie. They knew the assignment and aced the test. Guy Pearce is great. See more Clay R Mar 6 I just realized this is a complete ripoff of Escape From NY. But somehow I like it. Forget there’s gravity in a space shuttle. Forget there’s gravity on a space prison where the inmates are frozen in stasis. Why gravity then? Don’t try to connect logic to this movie. You either like it or more likely hate it. See more Dan D Jan 27 This movie is bad. Why is there always a federal agent that thinks they know better than to follow procedures? Why wasn't there a reaction to the initial breach? It makes no sense. One man saves the day...too funny....Guy Pierce is entertaining and sure there's plenty of action, but geez the setup is just dumb. See more Devin P 12/20/2024 Derivative? Yes. A trope machine? Yeah, I suppose so. Bottom line, though- if you just want to sit back, relax and enjoy a good ride, I think this is a wonderful movie. It doesn't take itself too seriously, the humor is understated, and Guy Pearce is magnetic as usual. Is it high cinema? Hell no. Is it a fantastic escapist 90-minute ride? Hell yes. See more Carlos T 12/07/2024 Filme: Sequestro no Espaço Assistido: 7-12-24 Elenco: @officialguypearce_ @maggiegrace @therealstormare @gilgunjoe @therealllenniejames @vincent.regan @jacky_ido Modelo: #ficção #ação Duração: 1h 35m Ano: 2012 Minha opinião: Filme que se passa em uma prisão criogênica no espaço. E a filha do presidente Emile (Grace) com uma visão humanitária vai até lá para investigar, maus tratos então no momento que estava entrevistando Hydell (Gilgun) com a melhor atuação do filme, memorável de um lunártico. E ela é feita de refém, e quem irão levar para salva-la? Snow (Guy) que faz o estilo bad guy estilo, Cobra de Stallone. Um filme que já conhecemos o roteiro, e os atores mandaram bem em suas atuações, guy, Maggie, Gilgun, Regan,... Onde Snow vai enfrentar todos os presidiários e salvar a dondoca da filha do presidente Emilie. Snow explode a prisão e se salva com a Emilie. E ao final desmascara Harry (James) que era um espião que entregava segredos do governo. Roteiro e enredo bem executado e boas interpretações. Vale apena assistir? sim Nota: 7 See more Read all reviews
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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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