Review of Lockout (2012) by Aaron T — 15 Sep 2012

Not great, but Guy Pearce held this movie together.

This review of Lockout (2012) was written by Aaron T on 15 Sep 2012.

Lockout has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Craig W (627) on 28 Jun 2016

Very average and instantly forgettable. It was odd seeing Pearce as a wise cracking tough guy…

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By Timothy N (418) on 28 Jun 2016

No wonder they didn't put this into theater, and made it a straight to video release.... unless they did and I did not know about it…

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By Lukelewis (6) on 18 May 2020

Extremely boring. Daft dialogue. Stale premise. Forgettable characters. Trash movie…

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By Kurt E (38) on 28 Jun 2016

Poor CG and cliches abound but has strength in its cast…

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By Dong Y (1) on 05 Jan 2017

The ending was really weird and the effects at the beginning was bad. Overall its not a bad movie but it could've been better…

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By Laurie A (151) on 28 Jul 2018

There's 2 storylines in this movie, they work aside one another but it takes a while before you get to that…

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By Mark Jackson (231) for Epoch Times (337) on 30 Jun 2016

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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By Richard R (553) on 28 Jun 2016

Rubbish trash with a great perfromance by Guy Pearce which lifts up from a D List film to a B minus…

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By Jason S (2,514) on 28 Jun 2016

I had some difficulty getting into this film…

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By Broyax (884) on 19 Jan 2017

Attention, il s'agit d'une production Luc Besson, le genre de production qu'on produit dans les chiottes, il faut donc s'attendre au pire avec…

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