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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.
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This movie is vacuous. Aug 28, 2019 | Full Review…
This movie is vacuous.
Noah Berlatsky
At the screening, in between laughing fits, people around me whispered, in awed tones, "B movie, 1956." Apr 23, 2012 | Full Review…
At the screening, in between laughing fits, people around me whispered, in awed tones, "B movie, 1956."
David Denby
It's laughably over the top but Pearce, a decent actor, anchors it somewhere between Escape From New York and The Transformers. Apr 20, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It's laughably over the top but Pearce, a decent actor, anchors it somewhere between Escape From New York and The Transformers.
Derek Malcolm
Shallow, silly yet infectiously good-natured, this is as guiltily pleasurable as dystopia gets. Apr 20, 2012 | Rating: 2/5
Shallow, silly yet infectiously good-natured, this is as guiltily pleasurable as dystopia gets.
Emma Dibdin
Shoddy special effects and the surface-level sass of the president's daughter leave this one spinning in low orbit. Apr 19, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Shoddy special effects and the surface-level sass of the president's daughter leave this one spinning in low orbit.
Henry Barnes
[It] isn't a good movie but has a speedy slapstick nastiness and thankfully no eye-wateringly unsexy sex (although rape is continually and casually threatened). Apr 19, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
[It] isn't a good movie but has a speedy slapstick nastiness and thankfully no eye-wateringly unsexy sex (although rape is continually and casually threatened).
Antonia Quirke
Lock and load! Don't get locked out of Lockout. And yes....I want my sequel now. Nov 25, 2019 | Full Review…
Lock and load! Don't get locked out of Lockout. And yes....I want my sequel now.
Debbie Lynn Elias
An adrenaline fuelled amalgamation of frantic thrill-per-minute action with the claustrophobic tension of a futuristic thriller. Jan 7, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
An adrenaline fuelled amalgamation of frantic thrill-per-minute action with the claustrophobic tension of a futuristic thriller.
Patrick Gamble
For a night of shameless entertainment and explosions, Lockout is a winning choice. Sep 7, 2018 | Full Review…
For a night of shameless entertainment and explosions, Lockout is a winning choice.
Sarah Gopaul
I'm not looking for revelatory performances from actors in bad action movies, but I do need to feel like they're participating and not phoning it in. Oct 23, 2017 | Full Review…
I'm not looking for revelatory performances from actors in bad action movies, but I do need to feel like they're participating and not phoning it in.
Sarah Marrs
Overall, the acting is abysmal. Sep 18, 2017 | Full Review…
Overall, the acting is abysmal.
Neely Swanson
You might find it to be thoroughly clichéd and utterly predictable. But it's not boring. That's largely thanks to Guy Pearce. Jul 1, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
You might find it to be thoroughly clichéd and utterly predictable. But it's not boring. That's largely thanks to Guy Pearce.
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