After a little bit of context at the beginning to properly motivate Snow, both he and us are effectively shot from a canon. Both Rydell and the other main baddie, Alex (Vincent Regan), have a cold-blooded edge that could have made for an effective R-rated ransom thriller reminiscent of late '90s films like Air Force One, but the devil-may-care attitude of the entire movie ultimately clashes with these darker moments, even though they do make you take the movie more seriously than you would otherwise. Joseph Gilgun as Rydell, one of two Scottish prisoners trying to run the uprising, is a particularly deranged fellow reminiscent of a demented Groundskeeper Willie. These are the world's most dangerous criminals, plus they have been in stasis for any number of years, which has made them even nuttier. Snow is tasked with rescuing the president's daughter (Grace), who is stuck on a maximum security prison in space that has incurred a major security breach. He has a sense of humor best described as abundant (though sometimes quite clever), and Pearce plays him especially wry most actors (think Nicolas Cage) would've hammed it up too much or been unconvincing. Guy Pearce's Snow, the morally questionable and reluctant hero written so closely to the archetype he almost transcends it, weirdly. "Lockout" is good for kicks, a fact of which it's very aware. Some might dub it "Taken in space," especially considering it borrows that film's starlet in Maggie Grace, but it's much more akin to "Escape from New York in space." Either way, "Lockout" is another simple- concept action film from Besson, only it has a bigger ego that gets in the way sometimes. Leger to help write and direct his "original idea." Exactly-not a "story by" credit, but "original idea." That's not to say "Lockout" isn't creative, but it's definitely not original. It's fair to say Luc Besson has gotten a bit giddy ever since "Taken." The man who once upon a time brought us "La Femme Nikita" and "Leon: The Professional" has instead taken to lighter action fare, in this case recruiting amateurs James Mather and Stephen St.
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