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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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Reviews for Lockdown
Lockdown makes that excruciating and often terrifying ordeal of incarceration gut wrenching and palpable.
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.
Doesn't tell you much about prison life that the movies ... haven't told you already.
Benefits from authenticity, sincerity and an honest sense of outrage.
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).
Though over-the-top and simplistic, the film has a punchy B-movie grit and gusto.
Here's hoping Richard T. Jones will get a chance to display his chops in a real movie sometime.
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