A science fiction film directed by Luc Besson - what could possibly go wrong?
That is not a sarcastic rhetorical question, I am actually quite the fan of Besson's work on The Fifth Element and, even though it isn't science fiction, Taken.
So forgive me for having some highish hopes for Lockout.
The story for Lockout is not a bad one.
In 2079, a CIA Agent named Snow (Guy Pearce) is arrested for the murder of undercover agent, and is threatened with incarceration in an orbiting maxiumum security prison (MS One) - which happens to be located in space and the prisoners serve their sentences in stasis.
The daughter of United States President Warnock Emilie (Maggie Grace) happens to be on board MS One where she is investigating claims the stasis is affecting the prisoners minds and causing dementia and psychopathy.
A psychopathic prisoner escapes custody after being brought in for questioning, then releases all prisoners in the facility. Snow is convinced to go in and save Emilie, and the rest of the film follows their fight out of the complex.
You probably missed Lockout when it was released, but the less you know about it the better.
The script is terrible, the jokes are bland and the path the story follows is quite predictable.
The only good thing is the performance by Pearce, who does a fantastic job with the tools he's been given.
Lockout: 95 minutes (2012)
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
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