Review of Lockout (2012) by Tanveer A — 17 Sep 2012

Bit cliched but good pacing makes it quite entertaining.

This review of Lockout (2012) was written by Tanveer A on 17 Sep 2012.

Lockout has generally received mixed reviews.

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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 Craig W (627) on 28 Jun 2016

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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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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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