Lockout
Metascore
48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 32
  3. Negative: 6 out of 32
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  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    Apr 12, 2012
    38
    Enjoy it, in moderation. It's your recommended weekly allowance of schlock.
  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Scott Bowles
    Apr 12, 2012
    38
    A putrid film that comes dead-weighted with hammy one-liners and a plot so silly it borders on comedy?
  3. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    Apr 12, 2012
    38
    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.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    Apr 12, 2012
    25
    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.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Apr 12, 2012
    20
    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.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Apr 13, 2012
    12
    Besson co-wrote and produced this cheesy mash-up of elements from James Bond and "Battlestar Galactica."

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User Score
5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 117 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 41
  3. Negative: 8 out of 41
  1. Vikingeudy
    10
    This is no Fight Club or Braveheart but a VERY GOOD film all the same, if you have been getting sick of all the BADLY made movies lately you should see this movie. I don't understand where this bad rating or coming from......maybe people started liking bad movies like Transformers,Battleship or the like.… Full Review »
  2. theoffice
    2
    the hunger games was better... ok but seriously my score equals the amount of time it took for the main character to get to the space station and meet the president's daughter. It was one of the fastest paced movies I've ever seen. Overall was terrible. No character development. No back story. Plot holes (why would the US spend trillions and trillions of dollars on a space station for prisoners when they could kill them at the cost of one bullet?). Would only recommend if it was on netflix and you had nothing else to do.… Full Review »
  3. bradaviel
    6
    this is the kind of movie you can't say is a masterpiece, but at the same time you can't stop enjoying. Sure, some special effects are cheap, sure some lines you've heard over and over again. But these days, this one is as good a b movie as it gets. This isn't Guy Pierce's best performance, but he gets the job done as an off the map cop that only does things his own way, tells jokes, gets punched (and punches) a lot and kick a lot of ass. This is like Escape from New York meet the Transporter. Generic ? Kinda. Easy ? in a way. But enjoyable ? Sure is too.… Full Review »
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