Lockout

Take no prisoners.

The basic setup has been done to death, so Besson added a little twist. A falsely accused man is given a chance to redeem himself by rescuing the President's daughter, who has been taken hostage on a visit to a prison. The twist? The prison is in space, orbiting Earth. Our hero goes up to save the day and return to back to Earth, Mission Accomplished, in a way you just won't believe ...

95 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language).
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Time for my hairdresser again.

Credits

Cast	Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Vincent Regan, Joseph Gilgun, Lennie James, Peter Stormare, Jacky Ido
Director	James Mather, Stephen St. Leger
Screenplay	Stephen St. Leger, James Mather, Luc Besson
Music	Alexandre Azaria
Cinematography	James Mather
Editing	Camille Delamarre, Eamonn Power
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Made in	2012
Produced by	Europa Corp., Canal+, Ciné+

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Action, science-fiction, thriller
Language	Infrequent, moderate to strong, expressing emotion: 'bullsh*t, son of a bitch'
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Frequent, action, strong impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	An action-packed futuristic thriller involving a lock-down at a maximum security prison.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Leon van Nierop As dié reseppie kos was, was dit gemors.	5
Box Office James Rocchi Lockout isn't high art, but it's ridiculous fun.	15
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert I imagine the movie's intended audience will enjoy itself.	13
ScreenIt C. Fuchs As it stands, Lockout is too derivative, slapdash and uninvolving to be any kind of memorable.	8
Metacritic.com 32 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 117 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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.	7
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	10
Movie Review Intelligence 35 critics	8
What the People say
Internet 13961 Netizens Nothing Special	12
Average .. 49%	10