I watched this preview, thinking to myself the whole time, "It's 'Escape From New York. IN SPACE!" I was wrong. Dead wrong. This is not even close to the excitement, or the sheer badassery, of John Carpenter's action classic. Guy Pearce does all he can with the film, cracking wise like a space-age John McClane, but he can't carry the film all by himself. The rest of the cast, including Peter Stormare (one of the most underrated actors), seem disinterested, or down right bored through most of the film. Whoever did the special effects, did the absolute worst job in the film, except maybe the editor, with what appears to be a rushed job. These effects are an eye-sore that make every shot with them extremely difficult to watch. This is one of the poorest films with Luc Besson's man on it.
Grade: C-
3D: N/A
Easter Egg: No
Starring: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare
Director: Stephen St. Leger & James Mather
Writer(s): Stephen St. Leger & James Mather & Luc Besson
RT: 95 min
Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and language including some sexual references
Escape From New York: In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant max. security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue.
Lockout: A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.
When I saw the trailers for this I wasn't thinking Escape from New York, I was thinking it looked more like Con Air in space.
ReplyDeleteEscape From New York: In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant max. security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue.
ReplyDeleteLockout: A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.