Lockout

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 (25/02/2013)

Terribly boring. In the film, Guy Pearce does try to spread love and understanding in the style of John McClane, but the script does not give him enough sharp one-liners or enough straightforward situations. The number of explanatory captions at the beginning should have made someone think about it and rewrite the whole script in a striking 80's variation. Crossing a conspiracy poodle with an action doberman just doesn't work. (28/05/2012)

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.) (02/05/2013)

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. (07/07/2012)

Don't even try without activating Besson mode or your head will fly off. The rest of it is a loving B-movie with such a lack of self-reflection in any of its components that you'll choke on your fries more than once. How do you get rid of one of the characters the film no longer needs? Umm hmmm so maybe... got it, let's have an orbital station crash into a space prison! And yet this only happens when the viewer is already in complete zen because they've been in a long post-coital rip from arguably the worst digital chase ever, comparable to the rendering of the intros to 90s video games. That's just the way my B-action heart beats. (01/06/2017)