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Alexandre AzariaCast:
Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Vincent Regan, Joe Gilgun, Lennie James, Peter Stormare, Jacky Ido, Tim Plester, Anne-Solenne Hatte, Peter Hudson, Damijan Oklopdzic (more)VOD (2)
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Set in the near future, Emilie (Maggie Grace), the President’s daughter is visiting a maximum-security prison in outer space when an unexpected riot breaks out, and the criminals take over the space craft. The government has no choice but to send in Snow (Guy Pearce), a snarky, wrongly-accused convict and former government agent who is offered his freedom if he can rescue her. (official distributor synopsis)
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Straightforward and thoroughbred entertainment that looks like it came out of the eighties. Guy Pearce’s dry lines were the best that I’ve heard in a long time and killing convicts becomes funny at the moment when they depart this earth by triggering voice-triggered bombs with an F-word on their tongue. Maggie Grace looks super and overall she is really nice. The villain most deserving a mention is the main nutter, brother of the main capo, played excellently by Joseph Gilgun. The story is a variation on old Carpenter movies, crossed with Die Hard, with an ending that will have your eyes goggling. A laid-back relaxing ride.
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I've only heard bad opinions about "Escape from MS-1," but I have to say that I wasn't that disappointed. What else can you expect from Luc Besson lately? Do you really still think he will come up with something legendary that will knock us out? I believe that he wants to make B-movies and I'm glad that he is making them. I don't expect too much from them, but I quite liked this one. Guy Pearce in the role of a tough guy, which suits him. He delivers lines like Spider-Man at his best swing and he is quite well supported by Maggie Grace, who has become a fairly bearable actress since "Lost." Their confrontation is the best part of the film. However, let me hint at something from the plot. In space, there is a station that is actually a prison, where the most heinous criminals are kept in stasis or a similar state. The president's daughter (Maggie Grace) goes to the station because she wants to change how things are done there. A rebellion breaks out and she becomes a valuable prey. Guy Pearce, who is wrongly accused of murdering his friend, is supposed to be transported to the station as a prisoner. The situation changes, and Pearce becomes the only savior who can get the president's daughter back alive. Expect a bunch of clichés, worn-out motifs, and poor villains. If something didn't work, it's really the villains, because they are as boring as the "Con Air" crew on sedatives. Not very strong ones. There isn't as much action as it might seem at first glance. However, the film flows relatively smoothly, and when you come to terms with the fact that you won't get anything new or a grandiose film, rather an intimate spectacle, it's bearable. I just don't know why it went to the cinemas. Well, Besson knows how to ensure that his films are shown on the big screen. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/08/warrior-x-ms-1-sibir-5x-rychle-zbesile.html
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An incredibly cheap and essentially stupid movie, but it's beautiful that the people behind it are aware of it and are having as much fun as the audience, which unbelievably stares at the screen every few minutes. I didn't expect Guy Pearce to be this cool and for Maggie Grace to have such balls. Surprise on all fronts, or in other words, even with a few bucks, you can a pretty decent action that doesn't rely on a dumb script, but rather on the charisma of the main actors and a barrage of arrogant lines.
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Terrible, horrendous, atrocious, and I could go on adding words to the list to characterize this piece of crap. The movie doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. It has no ambition of being anything other than an average sci-fi B-movie. There’s no way it can surprise you. After reading the description of its “plot”, everyone can get an idea of what utter nonsense it will be, and it ends up being a huge failure. Some of the digital effects were definitely made in 2012, only B.C. Nevertheless, through some sort of an accident, Pearce appears in this movie, and has a great line for any situation, followed by even better lines, so he was a guarantee that I wouldn't go completely nuts during those 90 minutes and I managed to watch the movie till the end. Anyway, Besson should consider changing careers, because this is pathetic. (PS: The movie features the fastest free fall in human history, which would put Baumgartner and Red Bull to shame.)
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Explosive, uninhibited, breathtaking, indefensible. And all that much more irresistible. Guy Pearce has found his new career challenge and alongside the increasingly beautiful Maggie Grace, he has proven to be a first-class stud. Thanks to the relentless pace of the lines and the killer tempo, Lockout is a blast that locked me in for an hour and a half and in the end spat me back into a world where we'll probably have to wait a few more years for space prisons. Pure action fun in its most positive form.
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