'Lockout' International Trailer: Get A Look At 'Taken' In Space

Luc Besson's EuropaCorp turns an eye to space for the film Lockout (or Lock-Out depending on where you live), in which Guy Pearce has to rescue Maggie Grace from a prison that has been taken over by the inmates. Yep, there's a reason this movie has been referred to as 'Taken in space' ever since it was in the first stages of production.

But with the international trailer for the movie, Lockout does start to establish some character of its own. The core of the trailer is a conversation between Pearce and Peter Stormare in which Pearce gets slapped around more than a little bit. The effects seen in the trailer look determinately mid-budget, but if Pearce can channel some of the same kick-ass spirit that possessed Liam Neeson in Taken, the effects might not matter much at all.

This trailer was posted by one of the film's stuntmen, so it might not last long.

A man (Pearce) wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the US is offered freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter (Maggie Grace) from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.

James Mather wrote, directed and shot Lockout, which is set for release from FilmDistrict on April 20, 2012.