Lockout (2012)

An entertaining throwback sci-fi action flick

“Like 2008's Taken and several other recent action films produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson, Lockout feels like a cinematic relic from the 1980s or 1990s, and in no way is that a bad thing. With modern blockbusters becoming too overcomplicated and too reliant on digital effects (see John Carter, Wrath of the Titans, and Battleship), Besson's EuropaCorp production company routinely churns out the type of simplistic, old-school action films that become rarer and rarer with each passing year. Although 2012's Lockout is unoriginal and silly, it is also incredibly fun - an endearing throwback science fiction actioner that might have starred Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone if the movie entered production twenty years prior. Although imperfect, it is a joyous guilty pleasure guara” read more

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" Directed by: James Mather and Steve Saint Leger Produced by: Luc Besson, Marc Libert, Leila Smith, and Andjelija Vlaisavljevic Written by: James Mather, Steve Saint Leger, and Luc Beeson Based on concepts by: John Carpenter, Nick Castle, and Luc Beeson Cinematography: James Mather Edited by: Camille Delamarre and Eamonn Power Music by : Alexandre Azaria Distributed by: Open Road Films and EuropaCorp Distribution "

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" Directed by: James Mather and Steve Saint Leger Produced by: Luc Besson, Marc Libert, Leila Smith, and Andjelija Vlaisavljevic Written by: James Mather, Steve Saint Leger, and Luc Beeson Based on concepts by: John Carpenter, Nick Castle, and Luc Beeson Cinematography: James Mather Edited by: Camille Delamarre and Eamonn Power Music by : Alexandre Azaria Distributed by: Open Road Films and EuropaCorp Distribution"

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