{"id":36205,"date":"2024-07-13T07:26:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T11:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=36205"},"modified":"2024-07-13T07:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T11:26:45","slug":"lockout-2012-starring-guy-pearce-maggie-grace-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=36205","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Lockout&#8221; (2012)\u00a0starring Guy Pearce &amp; Maggie Grace \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z071324zview_lockout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Lockout (2012)\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>Stephen Saint Leger, James Mather<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Stephen Saint Leger, James Mather, Luc Besson, <\/strong>story by<strong> Luc Besson, <\/strong>(influenced by <em>Escape from New York<\/em> by<strong> John Carpenter, Nick Castle<\/strong> and <em>Escape from L.A.<\/em> by<strong> John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Kurt Russell<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare, Vincent Regan, Joe Gilgun, Tim Plester, Peter Hudson <\/strong>and <strong>Lennie James<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Take no prisoners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The year is 2079.\u00a0 When a riot results in convicts taking over the Earth&#8217;s orbiting prison, it&#8217;s only a matter of time before they learn that the President&#8217;s daughter, Emilie (Grace) is there.\u00a0 Emilie has disguised herself as part of the prison medical staff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President and his advisors know the prisoners will execute all captured staff if an assault team is sent up.\u00a0 They decide that one capable man, working alone could infiltrate the prison and rescue the President&#8217;s daughter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man for the job is a former government agent named Snow (Pearce).\u00a0 Snow was recently framed for the murder of Colonel Frank Armstrong.\u00a0 Armstrong had discovered a double-agent was working at the upper levels of our government.\u00a0 Snow reluctantly agrees to the suicide mission.<\/p>\n<p>The clock is ticking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There&#8217;s no denying the parallels to John Carpenter&#8217;s <em>Escape from New York<\/em>.\u00a0 So much so that John Carpenter sued the film&#8217;s makers for plagiarism and won.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m a huge fan of <em>Lockout<\/em>.\u00a0 Pearce was the right choice to play Snow the buff, wise cracking bad ass.\u00a0 (When Pearce auditioned for the role, the directors told him he was too skinny.\u00a0 He promised to bulk up.\u00a0 Obviously he kept his word.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joe Gilgun plays a psycho convict to perfection.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Lockout (2012)\u00a0 <\/i><\/b>rates 4 of 5 stars.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z071324zview_lockout2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lockout (2012)\u00a0 Director: Stephen Saint Leger, James Mather Screenplay: Stephen Saint Leger, James Mather, Luc Besson, story by Luc 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