Lockout
FilmDistrict | Release Date: April 13, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
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10
Mixed:
16
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanApr 12, 2012
Enjoy it, in moderation. It's your recommended weekly allowance of schlock. Read full review
38
USA TodayScott BowlesApr 12, 2012
A putrid film that comes dead-weighted with hammy one-liners and a plot so silly it borders on comedy? Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 12, 2012
Lockout is painful. Not painful in the way Uwe Boll or "Sex and the City" movies are painful. But painful enough that I kept waiting for Nicolas Cage to show up. Or Katherine Heigl. Or, god forbid, both. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsApr 12, 2012
The aftereffects of watching Lockout include an inability to focus or to complete a simple declarative sentence without an ill-timed cutaway in the middle. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierApr 12, 2012
Directors James Mather and Stephen St. Leger stage a few good action set pieces, but unlike the 1981 midnight movie classic it imitates, the blandly titled Lockout never busts out of its cheesy concept. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle SmithApr 13, 2012
Besson co-wrote and produced this cheesy mash-up of elements from James Bond and "Battlestar Galactica." Read full review
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