Lockout

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Lockout

PG-13

Released Apr 13, 2012

1h 35m

Sci-Fi

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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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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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

This movie is vacuous.

Aug 28, 2019

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David Denby

New Yorker

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

Apr 23, 2012

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Austin Chronicle

Rated: 3/5

Apr 21, 2012

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…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…

Rated: 4/5

Oct 10, 2023

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Brian Eggert

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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.

Rated: 1/4

Dec 4, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

“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.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 23, 2022

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R.D. S

This movie is full of action good actors a real good movie to set down and relax enjoy an action-packed movie you won't regret it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/05/24

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Webb V

If your a testoserone based lifeform, this one should satisfy a lonely night with nothing better to do. The action is fast enough to keep you interested. The hero is a flawed alpha. The blonde is more than eye candy. The villians are not at all nice people. Subplots move along nicely without getting in the way. So put your brain on idle for 90 minutes and let the pretty pictures flash along the screen.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/06/24

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Forged S

Have you seen this movie? If I had to guess, I'd say probably not. Sadly, this 2000s-2010s-era EuropaCorp film, flew under the radar without so much as a mention. While the story is one you've seen before, a falsely accused/ framed convict is sent to rescue the President's daughter from a maximum security prison (this time, in outer space) it's Guy Pierce's charismatic take as the protagonist, Snow, and his witty tit for tat chemistry with co-lead @maggiegrace, playing the first daughter Emilie, that makes this movie so entertaining.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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Audience Member

I don't understand the hate about this movie. It's very neatly done, the pace is fast, Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace are both great, their chemistry is perfect, and the bad guys are really nasty ones. If you're a fan of action and sci-fi, you'll absolutely dig this flick.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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aaron g

So many parts borrowed from, making it a pretty mindless popcorn flick. Yet so shallow, it's hard to care. Pearce does a decent job, but some of the villains are just cartoonish. Ultimately not a bad film to see again on a Sunday afternoon, but there just isn't much that draws you back. The start is some of the worst CGI out there, but it gets a little better once in space.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Recommended by a manager and it was just ok. CG effects were kind of terrible and you could tell it was a low budget film. Story was ok, acting about the same. Not too many actions scene but makes it up with bad CG explosions. Won't see this again. Too low of a production value for me.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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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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