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Lockdown (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 12

Fresh: 7

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 5.8/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for brutal violence including sexual assaults, a strong scene of sexuality, pervasive language and graphic drug use

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Feb 14, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $350,785

Synopsis: Three friends (Richard T. Jones, Gabriel Casseus, and Master P), all honest men, are wrongly convicted of murder and bound to prison sentences they don't deserve. What's worse, they must quickly... Three friends (Richard T. Jones, Gabriel Casseus, and Master P), all honest men, are wrongly convicted of murder and bound to prison sentences they don't deserve. What's worse, they must quickly learn to cope with prison life and learn the ropes in order to simply survive. LOCKDOWN is the directorial debut of John Luessenhop. [More]

Starring: Richard T. Jones, Gabriel Casseus, Master P, Bill Nunn

Starring: Richard T. Jones, Gabriel Casseus, Master P, Bill Nunn, De'Aundre Bonds, Rocky Carroll, Anna Maria Horsford, Joe Torry, Clifton Powell, Melissa De Sousa

Director: John Luessenhop

Director: John Luessenhop
Screenwriter: Preston A. Whitmore
Producer: Jeff Clanagan, Mark Burg, Oren Koules, Steven "Black" Lockett
Composer: John Frizzell
Studio: Palm Pictures

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Lockdown makes that excruciating and often terrifying ordeal of incarceration gut wrenching and palpable.

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02/17/03
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

[A] modest yet intermittently powerful film.

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02/14/03
Ken Fox
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Despite a low budget and predictable story line, Lockdown has undeniable power to it, fired by some fine performances and a terrifying portrayal of prison life that rings disturbingly true.

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02/14/03
Tom Long
Detroit News
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Doesn't tell you much about prison life that the movies ... haven't told you already.

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02/14/03
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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What makes the movie memorable is its authenticity.

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02/14/03
Stephen Hunter
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Benefits from authenticity, sincerity and an honest sense of outrage.

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02/14/03
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Melodramatic and sincere, Lockdown shows the penal system's corruptions sensationally, in ways that distinguish it from sensational prison flicks like Seagal's trippy Half Past Dead (2002) or Stallone's histrionic Lock Up (1989).

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02/14/03
Cynthia Fuchs
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Though over-the-top and simplistic, the film has a punchy B-movie grit and gusto.

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02/13/03
Steve Murray
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Here's hoping Richard T. Jones will get a chance to display his chops in a real movie sometime.

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01/03/03
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