The movie follows a plot similar to "Escape from New York City," but other than Guy Pearce as Snow, it lacks memorable characters. In 2079, Guy is convicted of murder and espionage. In order to beat the rap he must rescue the President's daughter from an orbiting space prison...apparently built after a crazy ideas man gets elected president. I started making a list of the science flaws and quit after half a page. My other column for absurdities was equally as long. Clearly this is a "leave your brain at the door" movie.Guy is a wise cracking individual. His humor is enjoyable, even if corny at times. Of course the President's daughter (Maggie Grace) objects to being the only hostage being rescued. Good comedy-action sci-fi story.F-bomb, no sex, no nudity.

Make no mistake, the humor in this film was quite amusing, and Guy Pearce's character was the center of attention. The movie seemed to lack a very well developed storyline, as there was only one thing to the movie- save the president's daughter. Therefor, it is predictable, although there are a few 'twists'. Also there is not much backstory or depth to the characters, and the viewers just learn as they go.The audience doesn't know a lot about how, what, why, and when everything with 'the case' happened. Although the action right off the back was gripping, there was no dimension. And for being set in the future with space prisons- the world didn't look too evolved- especially getting to see the inside of the hotel room.

movies are entertainment right? so this is what Lockout is aboutfrom the 1 st min, Snow (Guy Pearce) is punched in the face between lines , unfortunately for him the Cia director Scott Langral(P.Stormare)is convinced he is a traitor, he has seen it with his own eyes ...and want back some secret in a briefcase which are in Snow's friend - Mace's hands.but Snow get some resources as a friend in the Cia , Harry Shaw (Lennie James), who's going to help him a bit30 years in a cryogenic jail pending, the US president's daughter, Emilie( Maggie.Grace) is in trouble in a high security jail MS1, in fact there is a takeover by the convicts.So if you can choose between 30 yrs frozen and save a weak woman in space? Snow choose 30 yrs until Harry told him, Mace is in MS1.there is many funny lines and the alchemy between Snow and Emilie is really great.then i prefer this by far than the boring Escape ^^

**** Warning. This contains a lot of spoilers ****Let's start with what I liked about this film: 1) The production design (the station looks great). 2) The actors. The issue I had with this movie was not a lack of originality (I didn't really care whether or not it was original. I was more concerned about execution).First of all, Guy Pearce is one of my favorite actors. However, he just doesn't suit the wise-cracking anti-hero type of character. Actually, I think it might have worked, had his lines been adjusted a bit. A few of the lines that were supposed to be funny just didn't come off that way.Now for the REAL killer...Pacing. I'm not talking about action pacing (that was fine). I'm talking about dramatic pacing or pacing for added impact. For example, when they jump out of the station to make planet fall -- it's really rushed. Now compare that to what would happen if this was a James Bond movie. Instead you'd have them start the jump, then it would switch to a very long shot and everything would slow down. Along with that, the musical score would change to something slower and more majestic -- giving you time to absorb the action as well as what the characters are experiencing. As part of this process, the next shot would be a close-up of the two of them and the brutal buffeting they'd get from atmospheric re-entry as well as how they're literally and figuratively bonding.As others have mentioned, this film has a similar plot to Escape From New York. Note that in Escape, when Snake and Hauk are sitting across the table from each other, they establish that the two characters are decorated soldiers and that they're both total badasses. You know who you're dealing with right from the start and you get a sense of what Snake is all about. Contrast that with Lockout. There's a similar meeting, but the audience is left clueless as to who exactly Snow is. It would help to explain that he's a secret service agent at the start and really show how he's been wrongly accused. The audience needs to know something about him and be able to sympathize with him. Watching this movie, even the fact that it was Guy Pearce, it still wasn't enough for me to feel sorry for the character. I just kept asking myself, "Who the hell is this character and why should I care?"There are a few other spots in this film in which a little more meaningful character interplay would have helped. I'm not talking about radically stopping the action -- just pausing a tiny but more at the end of certain scenes, instead of cutting away so quickly. That, and more use of establishing shots. My final qualm is with the musical score. It's incredibly generic and doesn't really change much to reflect the mood of the scenes. In fact, it sounds like the music for most modern video games. Pretty uninspired and almost like something I'd expect to hear from a stock library.We know this is left open for a sequel. However, with these flaws, it may not receive funding; And even if it did -- would it be worth it?