In Theaters: April 20th, 2012
Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes (110 minutes)
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and language including some sexual references.
Genres: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Guy
Pearce
Stands
Out!
Pleasant
Enough
&
Enjoyable!
A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.
"Lockout" is meat-and-potatoes filmmaking at its most basic.
Critic Score: 2.5/5
Mostly "Lockout" is lost in space.
Critic Score: 2/5
A putrid film that comes dead-weighted with hammy one-liners and a plot so silly it borders on comedy...
Critic Score: 2.5/5
"Lockout"...is...as dopey an entertainment as imaginable, but it's also a reminder that the film's star, Guy Pearce, has always had great screen magnetism, to which he has now added a bedrock of muscle. Also: he can act.
Critic Score: 3/5
"Lockout" never busts out of its cheesy concept.
Critic Score: 1/5
I kept waiting for Nicolas Cage to show up. Or Katherine Heigl. Or, god forbid, both.
Critic Score: 2.5/5
Lockout is a largely half-hearted effort in which some of the major set pieces are so indifferently executed that they literally look exactly like sequences out of video games.
Critic Score: 2/5