Lockout

When logic goes on a trip, preferably off its home planet, and leaves at home a full house of catchphrases, leaden lines, and memories of John Carpenter (and McLane), it's met with a cool cast of villains for whom oral hygiene is a dirty word. You'll forgive it in the end for the fact that it started with the most awful digital chase of the new millennium and that Luc Besson is simply doing drugs because something that dumb wouldn't come to us from the other side of the galaxy. (17/08/2012)

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)

Explosive, uninhibited, breathtaking, indefensible. And even more irresistible. Guy Pearce has found his new career challenge and alongside the increasingly beautiful Maggie, he has proven to be a first-class stud. Thanks to the relentless pace of lines and the killer tempo, Lockout is a blast that locked me in for an hour and a half and spat me back into the world at the end, where we'll probably have to wait a few more years for space prisons. Pure action fun in its most positive form. (08/07/2012)

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. (27/05/2012)

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)