…when you want to make a Die Hard film set in a space prison, and Bruce Willis isn’t available, Guy Pearce is absolutely the man for the job…

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 10, 2023

Almost every scene or story element feels familiar in one way or another, so much so that enjoying the movie on its own terms becomes impossible.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 4, 2022

“Lockout” takes a lot of its inspiration from those 80’s action flicks, and it unashamedly tries to recreate the tone and feel of those films.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2022

...no matter how firmly your food taster is nestled into your jowls there are so many things that a film for general consumption is not allowed to do. Lockout does them all.

| May 4, 2021

Ridiculously schlocky, relentlessly spirited, overloaded with action, and immensely entertaining in the popcorn flick kind of way.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 14, 2020

There's not a lot that can save Lockout from being what it is: 94 minutes of mindless fun.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 10, 2019

Lock and load! Don't get locked out of Lockout. And yes....I want my sequel now.

| Nov 26, 2019

This movie is vacuous.

| Aug 28, 2019

An adrenaline fuelled amalgamation of frantic thrill-per-minute action with the claustrophobic tension of a futuristic thriller.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 8, 2019

For a night of shameless entertainment and explosions, Lockout is a winning choice.

| Sep 7, 2018

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.

| Oct 23, 2017

Overall, the acting is abysmal.

| Sep 18, 2017

You might find it to be thoroughly clichd and utterly predictable. But it's not boring. That's largely thanks to Guy Pearce.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 1, 2016

like Escape from L.A. in space

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 18, 2016

The dialogue between the two leads and Guy Pearce's pleasant performance make this sci-di drama worth seeing.

| Original Score: 3.0/5 | Jun 30, 2013

They don't make 'em like this anymore, except when they do and you remember why they stopped. Daft, but broadly enjoyable if you're in a charitable mood.

| Mar 4, 2013

Lean, fun, smart without overthinking things and always equipped with a one-liner, Lockout is refreshingly free of the bull**** that plagues so many genre films.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 5, 2012

Lockout succeeds as a result of Pearce - who delivers an enjoyable, albeit snide, performance as a government agent turned one-man-army.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 27, 2012

While Lockout matches Luc Besson's other film projects in its devotion to being nothing more than a slick, uncomplicated spectacle, the film's ridiculously botched execution and lazy action sequences make it ultimately fall short.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Sep 15, 2012

struggles to overcome the many disparate clichs thrown together by the filmmakers.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2012