Lockout doesn't boast the most original premise in the world -- it's perfectly obvious why it's drawn comparisons to both Taken and Escape From New York -- but there's at least one good reason to keep an eye out for this film, and that's star Guy Pearce. The reliably compelling Aussie actor plays up his…
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The movie Lockout, in which Guy Pearce plays a Snake Plissken-like character charged with rescuing a bigwig's daughter (Maggie Grace) from a satellite prison, came almost out of nowhere last year. We knew the film was coming together, but then the first clips of footage suggested that it aspires to be more fun, cheeky and…
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2012 looks like it could be a year with a particularly strong crop of movies, and the b-picture isn't getting left out of the action. This week alone we've got The Grey and Man on a Ledge (with the former being a lot more satisfying than the latter) and there are more coming in later…
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Luc Besson produced his own remake of Escape From New York without even telling us! The film Lockout, (also Lock-Out, and now MS One: Maximum Security, at least in France) has been called 'Taken in space' because it is from Luc Besson's company and has Maggie Grace once again playing a daughter in peril. This…
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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…
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The show now known as CinemaCon, formerly ShoWest, is in full swing in Las Vegas. The marketplace is full of first looks at a great many films we'll be seeing over the next year, and we've got images from two of them. One is among my most highly-anticipated films of the year: Drive, directed by…
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