Lockout

Lockout (2012)

  • 35% of critics liked it
    (116 reviews)

  • 44% of users liked it
    (44,938 ratings)

Starring Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace and 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… More

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In Theaters
Apr 13, 2012 Wide
FilmDistrict

Critic Reviews

  • David Denby, New Yorker

    At the screening, in between laughing fits, people around me whispered, in awed tones, "B movie, 1956."

  • J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

    It's clichéd, ridiculous, and very entertaining.

  • Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

    The tag-team of filmmakers seems to have only two ideas - having stupendously ugly characters shove their mugs into the camera, or staging action sequences so dizzily you have no idea what's going on.

  • William Goss, Film.com

    Does a fine job of continually coming up with obstacle after obstacle for our two leads to dodge - not the least of which happens to be good, old-fashioned logic.

  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

    "Lockout" is meat-and-potatoes filmmaking at its most basic.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Chris M


    Lockout is a big mess. I felt like I was watching a video game and not a movie. This film is basically as generic and bad as scifi action films can get. The only good part was Guy Pearce's dialogue. But the part where the movie fails is its use of Guy. They should of let him… More

  • Kase V


    'Lockout' is a silly, disappointing film whose only redeemable value is Guy Pearce's entertainment value as a grade-A ass. The action pieces are few and far between and when they do crop up, they are hectic and awful. The story line is boring and Maggie Grace is… More

  • Emily A


    What a classic, throwback popcorn blockbuster! It's got everything that made all those old movies tons of fun, and I imagine people will keep watching this for years to come, just for the campy fun. However, in the last 15 years action movie grew and evolved a lot, and this is… More

  • Lady D


    A very average film with a lot of predictability, there are some good moments in this, but it is a little drawn out in parts, feel it's a bit of a come down for Guy Pearce's abilities, however the Actor who took this film for me was up and rising Joe Gilgun who made his… More

  • Nate Z


    Rather derivative and not very clever, the sci-fi prison break movie Lockout is surprisingly enjoyable, in a brain-dead sort of way, mostly thanks to a few lean suspense sequences and the deadpan glory of star, Guy Pearce. The man plays a reluctant hero sent to a space prison to… More

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