There comes a time when a film comes along and gives you a feeling of “Wow this is going to be so exciting” when you see the trailers and you just can’t wait to get you bum on the cinema seats and wait for the film to be projected on the big screen for you to enjoy its wonder!
Sadly Lockout, isn’t that film, yes the trailer looks awesome and to the film does look good as well, but the problem with Lockout is it’s just one of those films that seems to have had a script thrown together on a whim of an idea, this time by Luc Besson, with not much thought gone in to it after that point.
Yes the special effects are good, yes the action sequences are pretty exciting, but when it comes down to the acting and the script it really has a long way to go for perfection.
Snow (Guy Pearce) is too sarcastic and after a while the wise cracking one liners really start to lose their appeal, after just too many of them in short succession.
My main problem with the film is that it had so much potential with the hundreds are psychopaths locked away on a space prison, it kind of reminded me of Fortress with Christopher Lambert, but Lockout just doesn’t have the guts to go all out wild with the inmates and so it kind of plods along with Snow going in to prison to try to save the Presidents daughter (Maggie Grace).
With its one liners and its lack of really being anything thing than a rather silly, but fun, film, Lockout really doesn’t take off as a Sci-Fi master piece, but it’s fun, yes I know, it’s so bad that it’s so much fun to watch and it was really hard to think that it was on for 110 mins, it just flew by.
Lockout kind of reminded me of one of the B Movies back in the 50′s that they really don’t make any more.
Overall Thoughts For Lockout
It’s silly, it’s so bad that it’s good, go and see this if you like Guy Pearce or if you have love for films that just really shouldn’t have been made without some sort of adult supervision
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Twitter: davesnape
Thank you for the review Karen, you probably saved me from seeing a bummer of a movie. Time is precious and it is important to just see the really good ones! Thanks again.
Twitter: BlazingMinds
Glad to be of service David, may be it will be one for you to see on DVD
Twitter: money_whisper
This one just started to air in cinema here and I was thinking to go either to this one either to Battleship but maybe I will just settle with a animation or something because it seems like all these movies have great trailers, a lot of commercials but in the end they just not worth watching.
Twitter: BlazingMinds
Battleship is better or you could wait for Avengers
Twitter: money_whisper
I will definitely go to see Avengers!! For now I will set with Pirates, band of misfits
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The trailer looks catchy but after reading the review i am in doubts if i should watch this movie or not. I guess i will and will post back here my opinion for other users to judge as well
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That seems to be pretty cool! I just can’t wait to see it in the cinema, I am totally assured by the trailer. Thanks for this great review, now I already have got an idea for the weekend!
Twitter: BlazingMinds
Let me know what you thought of the movie after you’ve seen, I’d love to hear your feedback on it
I have watched the trailer of lockout yesterday and also watched it here. After watching this trailer yesterday i have decided to watch this but the review of this post is not permitting to do this. Thanks Karen to give this information.It is probably better than to do other important work rather than watch this movie.
Twitter: techwork_dk
Hi Karen
I guess I should have checked out your blog before renting this movie. I have not seen it yet, but now I don’t have too big expectations to the movie. Maybe that will be make the movie better that I don’t expect much from it.
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It’s not that bad really
Twitter: techwork_dk
Hi Karen
I watch the movie last night. The story was actually fine, but the performance of some of the actors and the director of the movie of is really bad. At some points watching the movie I was in doubt of it was a cartoon or a real movie I was watching. It really was a fun movie to watch in a sad kind of way.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
Exactly Thomas, but strangely fun