Lockout [Blu-ray] [2017]

An action/science fiction movie, set in the reasonably near future.A few decades from now, and life on Earth thus doesn't look much different. But orbital space planes are in existence. And there's a big space station orbiting the Earth. Which is being used to keep the worst kind of convicts. In suspended animation.At the same time, CIA operative Snow [Guy Pearce] a laconic and wise cracking individual, is in the middle of a mission that turns into a double cross. He has to fight and run to survive. But doesn't get too far. He faces years in suspended animation on the station as a result.But when Emilie [Maggie Grace] daughter of the US president, goes to the station on a mission to find how the prisoners are being treated, only to be caught up in a mass breakout, Snow has no choice but to agree to take on a solo mission to rescue her.On the station awaiting him are a scottish psychopath [Joseph Gilgun. Rudy in the tv show misfits] and a very cunning sociopath who is calling the shots. But Snow has another reason for being there as well. Can he survive and walk away? And will anyone else?This starts with earthbound sequences that show you what happens when Snow gets double crossed. These are good action set pieces, although the cgi in a motorbike sequence doesn't really convince. Guy Pearce's performance does command the attention from the off as he makes Snow quite a likeable and appealing hero, by delivering lots of good one liners with aplomb.Up on the station Maggie Grace does make Emilie a three dimensional character, neither too tough nor too weak. And Joseph Gilgun's performance -the strong accent he uses does take a slight moment to get used to - is also strong, making him a good villain. As is the sociopath calling the shots.Once Snow is on the mission the pace and the tension do escalate, and it all results in some very good and exciting moments. At the heart of it is the relationship between him and Emilie. The two leads do play this very well, meaning that you never find the man/woman who initially hate each other but get to know and like each other routine at all cliched.There is some clever plotting which holds back a few revelations right to the end.This is exactly what it sets out to be. A fun and exciting action movie. It's very good escapist entertainment and well worth a look if you're in the mood for that kind of thing.Languages and subtitles on the dvd are:Languages: English.Subtitles: English.Extras are:Interviews with cast and crew. These are short featurettes that can be watched individually or all in a row. The interviews are interspersed with shots of the film being made.They are as follows:Guy Pearce [8 Minutes]Maggie Grace [5 minutes]Joseph Gilgun part one [Three minutes]Joseph Gilgun part two [Four minutes]Stephen St. Ledger - one of the two directors [five minutes].Torsion fields sequence shows how one fight scene was flmed. This runs for five minutes. And is narrated in french. With english subtitles.MS one action: runs for four minutes and show how some of the action sequences were done.MS one constuction: runs for seven minutes and shows a lot of the production design.Unreleased scenes: runs for two minutes and has slightly extended versions of two key scenes. The first of these in particular is an esssential watch. You will see why.There are also three trailers in a preview section. For totally unrelated films. That can be watched individually or all in a row.

In the near future, convicts aren't given ASBOs or community service involving smoking a cigarette at the side of the road with a half-filled sack of rubbish in the other. Instead, they're not only frozen for their sentence, but they're also incarcerated in a prison-space-station orbiting the Earth (as suggested in The Daily Mail since the end of World War 2).But, just when the President's daughter takes a humanitarian trip to the prison, the convicts only break out and take over the installation (a surprisingly easy feat believe it or not, but I'll gloss over that).It seemed that Bruce Willis and Keanu Reeves were both busy saving other Presidents' daughters, so the only man capable of flying up there, killing everyone with tattoos (and Scottish accents - in the future, major crime is apparently only committed by Glaswegians) is wise-cracking tough guy and wrongly-convicted superspy Guy `Mike-from-Neighbours' Pearce.And that's about it. He goes up there, shoots a lot of people, bludgeons others and... well, you can watch the film to find out.I may have been slightly glib, but I actually enjoyed this. Yes, it's predicable and yes, you've probably seen it before (albeit not on a prison space station, right?), so there's nothing really new here. But it's fun, daft and kills a couple of hours (and about a hundred felons).The performances are nothing special, but the futuristic sets are nice and the action scenes are satisfying, so I think that's all most people will want from a film like this.Popcorn fodder. Sit back, set brain on `stand-by' and just go with it. Don't think about how easy it is for one escaped convict to take over an entire space station and release absolutely everybody at once. Just don't.

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Having seen a trailer for this on another blu ray I had ordered, it looked decent enough to check out and purchase. I am also a big fan of Guy Pearce. I did order it and was not disappointed at all. It is a cracking thriller, lesser known it seems, but I think that is because it is a French, if English speaking film, produced by Luc Besson. There is a blurb at the bottom of the cover which reads that it is basically Die Hard meets Blade Runner, and for me, that actually does sum it up, but not a bad fusion at all.I will give nothing away about the plot since anyone interested can read that for themselves. The movie has a terrific thumping heartbeat to it and is well paced. As I said before, I am a big fan of Guy Pearce, having seen him long ago in LA Confidential, of course, he has done so much since. I didn't know about this one however and a couple of others which I have recently discovered and there is also Maggie Grace, who is a bit of a rising star with me, ever since Taken. The two of them share great chemistry on screen and it's a fun tit for tat between them. A brilliant opening chase (the film by the way is set in 2079) sets the tone magnificently.Overall, very impressive and the blu ray has some great bonus features too. Highly recommended.