Saturday, August 25, 2012
Lockout (2012)
Guy
Pearce is the best thing in the ridiculously over-the-top “Lockout,” a “Die Hard” by way of “Escape from New York” salute that also heavily quotes “Star Wars” and low-grade genre fare a la “Fortress” and its sequels. Eye brows permanently
arched and every line delivered with a wry tone, Pearce sells himself as an
action star blatantly admitting, “I’m doing this for the money,” before we can argue, “He’s doing this for the money.” The plot: Superman CIA
agent Snow (Pearce) is railroaded for dirty deeds and sentenced to a low-orbit
prison space station where inmates are kept in comas. But, ye gods!
On that very structure, the inmates have taken over and hold hostage none other
than the daughter of the President of the United States. Only one man can save
her: Snake Plissken! No. I kid. Snow. Also hostage: The one man who can prove
our hero innocent. It’s that kind of film. With cheesy special effects, psycho villains
so outrageously evil they hinder their own plans, and a free-fall climax that
literally and figuratively crashes to Earth, laughs far outweigh chills. Thankfully, Pearce is ring master leading this big top circus.
C+
Labels:
2012,
action,
comedy,
Die Hard,
Escape from New York,
genre,
Guy Pearce,
Lockout,
prison,
Snake Plissken,
spoof
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