Lockout

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Lockout

PG-13

2012

1h 35m

Sci-Fi

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Emilie Warnock (Maggie Grace), the daughter of the American president, leads a humanitarian mission to MS One, an outer-space prison in which the 500 most dangerous criminals from Earth are kept in a state of artificial sleep. Just as Emilie arrives, the now-awakened prisoners stage a violent rebellion, and she and the MS One crew are taken hostage. Emilie's only chance for salvation lies with Snow (Guy Pearce), a wrongly convicted agent who has been promised his freedom if he saves her.

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Critics Consensus

Guy Pearce does the best he can with what he's given, but Lockout is ultimately too derivative and shallow to build on the many sci-fi thrillers it borrows from.

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Noah Berlatsky

The Atlantic

Aug 28, 2019

This movie is vacuous.

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David Denby

The New Yorker

Apr 23, 2012

At the screening, in between laughing fits, people around me whispered, in awed tones, "B movie, 1956."

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Apr 20, 2012

2/5

It's laughably over the top but Pearce, a decent actor, anchors it somewhere between Escape From New York and The Transformers.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Oct 10, 2023

4/5

…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…

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Dec 4, 2022

1/4

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.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 23, 2022

3/5

“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.

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T9Chris T

@RT05878764 Sep 30, 2026

Escape from New York/Die Hard/Demolition Man all thrown in together in Space. Some great actors, with not so much to work with. Ends up getting a bit Silly, surprisingly Pearce does do well within the role. CGI of the cars in the future is worst I have seen, might have been better to just cut that bit out. Not the worst movie I have ever seen, but not the best, just think mindless action better than most new movies now.

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Faith F

@RT07962477 Aug 26, 2026

Pretty slow moving, some aspects wrong medically..confusing at times

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Alona D

@RT55925770 Nov 26, 2025

Wrong place, wrong time. It’s a real shame that this film was rated so poorly when it first came out. Perhaps now, in 2025, it would have been highly successful and would have even received several sequels. The film is a solid action movie with dynamic action scenes, funny dialogues, and a plot that isn’t overly complicated. It has a good cast and great chemistry between the main characters. It’s easy to watch and goes by in one breath — an excellent movie for an evening. P.S. I love the film "Escape from New York," but I didn’t find anything in common with this one.

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Gregory S

@Gregory566 Nov 18, 2025

This is just a fun movie. They knew the assignment and aced the test. Guy Pearce is great.

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Clay R

@RT73294558 Mar 6, 2025

I just realized this is a complete ripoff of Escape From NY. But somehow I like it. Forget there’s gravity in a space shuttle. Forget there’s gravity on a space prison where the inmates are frozen in stasis. Why gravity then? Don’t try to connect logic to this movie. You either like it or more likely hate it.

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Dan D

@Goku4032 Jan 27, 2025

This movie is bad. Why is there always a federal agent that thinks they know better than to follow procedures? Why wasn't there a reaction to the initial breach? It makes no sense. One man saves the day...too funny....Guy Pierce is entertaining and sure there's plenty of action, but geez the setup is just dumb.

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Synopsis

Emilie Warnock (Maggie Grace), the daughter of the American president, leads a humanitarian mission to MS One, an outer-space prison in which the 500 most dangerous criminals from Earth are kept in a state of artificial sleep. Just as Emilie arrives, the now-awakened prisoners stage a violent rebellion, and she and the MS One crew are taken hostage. Emilie's only chance for salvation lies with Snow (Guy Pearce), a wrongly convicted agent who has been promised his freedom if he saves her.

Director: James Mather, Stephen Saint-Leger
Producer: Marc Libert, Leila Smith
Screenwriter: Stephen Saint-Leger, James Mather, Luc Besson
Distributor: Open Road
Production Co: Canal+
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Language|Some Sexual References)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 13, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 17, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.3M
Runtime: 1h 35m

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