There is no doubt that LOCKOUT is going to be fun. TAKEN was dark and serious, but had good action. LOCKOUT adds humor to the mix and gives us a slew of memorable one-liners, all in the first four minutes! Combine that with the clips released recently and it looks like we are in for a very quotable movie.
In case you don’t know, here’s the story: Set in the near future, LOCKOUT follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent (Pearce), whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President’s daughter (Grace) from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum-security prison.
It is TAKEN mixed with ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and that is a compliment of the highest order. Check out the clip below.
LOCKOUT makes me feel like a kid again going to see a movie that is not overhyped and just leaves me feeling like I had fun at the theater. I hope it lives up to my self-created hype. Surprisingly, the movie only got a PG-13 rating despite the rampant language and the dude getting shot in the face in that clip. Hopefully we have not seen all the good parts already.
LOCKOUT opens this Friday.
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