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| Alex |
With most actiony, kick-in-the-face,
bad-guys-break-out-of-jail sorts of movies, you don’t expect much story to
follow all the “cool” stuff that happens. Oh, not to mention the spy stuff that
CIA agents can pull off with Hollywood magic. I didn’t know exactly what to
expect with Lockout because while the
trailer promised “story” to go with the punches, we all know the rule of thumb
about trailers (if you don’t, I’ll post something on it after this).
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| Hydell |
However, when I came to rest my hiny
in theater 1, I found myself both entertained and satisfied with
testosterone-fueled action.
The story begins with a crime that
wasn’t actually committed, and the said-committer, Snow (Guy Pearce). is being
interrogated by a guy named Rupert (to which he says, “I'm being beaten up by a guy called Rupert?”). While we know next to nothing about Snow at
this point—and the fact that he takes the briefcase from a questionable general—we
do know that he’s gonna be one of those characters you really like, good or
bad.
The
story progresses from here with a surprising psych-thriller kind of feel to it.
While some of the scenes can be choppy at times and run a little fast so you’re
left breathless, the rest of the movie flowed pretty well. Personally I would
have liked to have seen more badness from the bad guys. I mean, they were deadly convicts after all. HOWEVER;
I did like the chemistry between the
two brothers Hydell and Alex. Joseph Gilgun and Vincent Regan (respectively)
worked well together there.
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| Snow and Emilie |
Another
note: the President’s daughter Emilie (Maggie Grace) wasn’t exactly the
annoying female sidekick I’ve come to expect from Hollywood. She was pretty BA
without being totally annoying and still retain her feminine strongness.
Overall
the movie came out really well. Mace’s ramblings served well as a psych factor
in the end, and I found myself smiling every time Snow let loose one of his
sarcastic daggers. Lockout earns a 4 ½
kernels out of 5.
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