Review of Lockout (2012) by Tanya L — 28 Jun 2016

Entertaining film in a brain dead sort of way...

This review of Lockout (2012) was written by Tanya L on 28 Jun 2016.

Lockout has generally received mixed reviews.

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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 Céline D (156) on 28 Jun 2016

It was pretty good with the action. Not a bad storyline. Not a bad movie…

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By Sarah Marrs (566) for Cinesnark (167) on 22 Oct 2017

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…

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By Dolby M (92) on 16 Feb 2018

Guy Pearce pretending to be Hugh Jackman pretending to be something kinda like Deadpool. It's hilarious…

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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 Meth-Dude (745) on 20 Mar 2018

Despite it's awful CGI effects, giant plot holes and boring comedy, this silly sci-fi action/comedy still manages to be entertaining…

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By Matthew L (1,720) on 28 Jun 2016

In recent years Luc Besson films have been a lot more enjoyable of late when he's not been directing them and this is no exception…

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By Jonathan P (1,108) on 28 Jun 2016

Other than Guy Pearce's tongue in cheek performance their really is no reason to lookout for Lockout…

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By Chidime (43) on 16 Mar 2019

A surprisngly good movie…

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By Karsh D (1,216) on 28 Jun 2016

Entertaining, to a point, sci fi action…

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