It’s been described as Die Hard in Space and in many ways that’s a spot on description of Lockout. If you’re looking for a no nonsense popcorn Sci-Fi Actioner then this is it. Guy Pearce is excellent as the wise cracking Snow giving a convincing performance as the world weary falsely convicted ex-government agent. The film does almost everything right, with a simple story well executed, the film certainly doesn’t take itself too seriously and there’s plenty of excellent one liners from Pearce.
The downside of the film is it’s probably a little too short and there’s really not much else going on if you scratch beneath the surface, but Lockout does exactly what it sets out to do and that’s to deliver a good old fashioned Sci-Fi action movie.
Plot Summary : 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 prison. Lockout was directed by Stephen St. Leger and James Mather from their script co-written with Luc Besson, who is also a producer.
