Funny you say that! I went in knowing almost nothing of it except watching one trailer of it.
Watched it, loved it, and thought "It's Die Hard in Space"!!!
Rotten Tomatoes seems to be calling it a sci-fi thriller, but to me it was really action movie which happens to be in space.
The sci-fi element wasn't there beyond being in the future enough to have a huge prison space station.
If you're a fan of Die Hard, I can't help but think you'd be a fan of Lockout.
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One critic described it as "Escape from New York ... in SPACE!", which actually makes it sound good. Given the choice, I would probably go see Cabin in the Woods.
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I'm sorry, but I just can't swallow the idea behind this move.
So, you have a prison in space, for the worst criminals. Anyone that goes up there should know what might happen, I don't care who they are.
When they break free, the rest of the movie should last about 5 minutes. The person responsible for dealing with it gets the news, they arm a device, and press a big red button.
Boom. Roll credits.
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I'm sorry, but I just can't swallow the idea behind this move.
So, you have a prison in space, for the worst criminals. Anyone that goes up there should know what might happen, I don't care who they are. When they break free, the rest of the movie should last about 5 minutes. The person responsible for dealing with it gets the news, they arm a device, and press a big red button. Boom. Roll credits. |
If these are the "worst criminals", they should either a) have taken a bullet to the skull instead of spending untold billions putting them in cryo or whatever they do up there just so they are the future's problem or b) have a remotely detonated explosive neck collar on each inmate.
Heck, wouldn't even need an orbital prison. Just fence off Australia so they can't build boats and ship 'em all there. Let nature take care of 'em. Plus, you could put up CCTV cameras and sell it as pay-per-view as they go nuts on each other. And yes, George Carlin suggested something very similar. The only difference here is that the square states have some decent outdoorsy stuff and Australia is home to every venomous, poisonous, explosively horrible creature on the planet.
Seriously, you want to get rid of convicts ship them to this place...just bet on how long they survive.
Though it'd be limited to minutes and not hours.
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Originally Posted by Dark One
Well obviously, but that doesn't make for a good action movie.
If these are the "worst criminals", they should either a) have taken a bullet to the skull instead of spending untold billions putting them in cryo or whatever they do up there just so they are the future's problem or b) have a remotely detonated explosive neck collar on each inmate. Heck, wouldn't even need an orbital prison. Just fence off Australia so they can't build boats and ship 'em all there. Let nature take care of 'em. Plus, you could put up CCTV cameras and sell it as pay-per-view as they go nuts on each other. And yes, George Carlin suggested something very similar. The only difference here is that the square states have some decent outdoorsy stuff and Australia is home to every venomous, poisonous, explosively horrible creature on the planet. |
*spoilers...but really not that much of a spoiler to the movie imo*
The space station was created by a huge corporation to test cryostasis. The Prisoners were pretty much free test subjects.
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So... not only should they blow it up, but they'd get to make it a tax write-off as well?
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Don't forget, the president's daughter is on board and must be rescued.
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And they had to build a space station to test it? They couldn't, ya know, build one on Earth and throw a monkey into it? |
Originally Posted by BrandX
The movie explains part of that.
*spoilers...but really not that much of a spoiler to the movie imo* The space station was created by a huge corporation to test cryostasis. The Prisoners were pretty much free test subjects. |
I mean, heck, that's like building a solar probe to test out a new popsicle flavor. Or drilling to the center of the Earth to test whether some solar cells are efficient.
What I'm getting at is that "build space station prison" seems an unnecessary step in the "test cryostasis tube" flowchart.
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And they had to build a space station to test it? They couldn't, ya know, build one on Earth and throw a monkey into it?
I mean, heck, that's like building a solar probe to test out a new popsicle flavor. Or drilling to the center of the Earth to test whether some solar cells are efficient. What I'm getting at is that "build space station prison" seems an unnecessary step in the "test cryostasis tube" flowchart. |
Goodbye, I guess.
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Seriously, you want to get rid of convicts ship them to this place...just bet on how long they survive.
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All joking aside, if Lockout's actually Die Hard or Escape from New York in space I think I might actually go see it. I was wondering what movie to watch this weekend too.
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All joking aside, if Lockout's actually Die Hard or Escape from New York in space I think I might actually go see it. I was wondering what movie to watch this weekend too.
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Though Die Hard in Space does sound tempting.
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They had to put it in space to stop random delivery boys from getting frozen.
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Eh, I'm sorry but an "explanation" like that just isn't enough to help me get over the idea that this movie is just a sad attempt to give us "Escape from New York... IN SPACE!" Guy Pearce is appealing, but he's no Snake Plissken. |
Originally Posted by BrandX
The movie explains part of that.
*spoilers...but really not that much of a spoiler to the movie imo* The space station was created by a huge corporation to test cryostasis. The Prisoners were pretty much free test subjects. |
I'm sure this movie has a few cool looking scenes and action sequences. I'm just not in the mood to give it the full price of a movie ticket. I'll catch it later when I can see it for free on cable or some-such.
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Wasn't that basically the premise of "Escape from L.A."?
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Eh, I'm sorry but an "explanation" like that just isn't enough to help me get over the idea that this movie is just a sad attempt to give us "Escape from New York... IN SPACE!" Guy Pearce is appealing, but he's no Snake Plissken.
I'm sure this movie has a few cool looking scenes and action sequences. I'm just not in the mood to give it the full price of a movie ticket. I'll catch it later when I can see it for free on cable or some-such. |
That said, I thought it was worth the mantinee price, but the mantinee price for me is 6 dollars.
Guy Pearce and Joseph Gilgun is really what makes the movie imo. Especially Guy Pearce!
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I just got back from seeing Lockout, and gotta say that I find it funny that it has a rating of only 32% on Rotten Tomatoes. Seriously? 32%? The critics have to be sniffing glue.
I guess they went in expecting it to be Bladerunner, Aliens, or The Matrix. All right, so it doesn't raise the bar in it's genre, but it is an enjoyable sci-fi action movie nonetheless, and deserves a higher rating. Lockout is essentially a remake of Die Hard . . . in a prison riot . . . in space. That's what I was expecting going in, and that's exactly what it delivered, no more, no less. The best thing about the movie was Guy Pearce's performance as a Bruce Willis-style wisecracking tough guy with a heart of gold, which was fun as hell to watch.
Incidentally, the trailer for Promethius that was shown before Lockout looks absolutely phenomenal. Can't wait.