...But Certainly Up There With The Best Of The Rest comes Lock Up - a tough prison drama starring Sylvester Stallone and Donald Sutherland. Stallone plays Frank Leone, a model prisoner with only 6 months left to serve of his sentence. Suddenly and seemingly for no apparent reason he finds himself ... Read review
In the middle of the night only six months before he is to be released, Leone (Sylvester ... more
Stallone), a model prisoner, is dragged from his bed in a minimum security prison and transferred to Gateway, a maximum security hellhole run by Warden Drumgoole (Donald Sutherland).The warden has pulled every string he can to have Leone placed under his control, which is where he aims to keep him for his entire life. Previously, Leone had been one of Drumgoole's charges at another facility until he escaped to be at his father's death bed. Drumgoole's harshness, which forced Leone to break out two weeks away from release, prompted a newspaper report that accused the warden of brutality. Leone was sentenced to additional time, while Drumgoole was publicly humiliated and transfered to Gateway, the worst facility in the prison system. Now it's time for Drumgoole to get even. His plan is to physically and psychologically intimidate Leone until he lashes out. When he does, Drumgoole will extend his prison sentence in hell... or kill him.
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In the middle of the night only six months before he is to be released Leone (Sylveter ... more
Stallone) a model prisoner is dragged from his bed in a minimum secruity prison and transferred to Gateway a maximum security hellhole run by Warden Drumgoole (Donald Sutherland). The warden has pulled every string he can to have Leone placed under his control which is where he aims to keep him for his entire life. Previously Leone had been one of Drumgoole' "charges" at another facility until he escaped to be at his father's death bed. Drumgoole's harshness which forced Leone to break out two weeks away from release prompted a newspaper report that accused the warden of brutality. Leone ws sentenced to addtional time while Drumgoole was publicly humiliated and transfered to Gateway the worst facility in the prison system. Now it's time for Drumgoole to get even. His plan is to physically ad psychologically intimidate Leone until he lashes out. When he does Drumgoole will extend his prison sentence in "hell"... or kill him.
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...Best Of The Rest comes Lock Up - a tough prison drama starring Sylvester Stallone and Donald Sutherland. Stallone plays Frank Leone, a model prisoner with only 6 months left to serve of his sentence. Suddenly and seemingly for no apparent reason he finds himself transfered to a maximum security prison to serve out the rest of his sentence. All becomes clear when he is introduced to the new warden of the prison who instigated the transfer - the sadistic ... ...on them to maximum effect. Lock Up is another of his movies which was probably written with him in mind as the lead character and therefore he suits the part perfectly. He isn’t asked to do much other than flex his muscles and look macho, pained, angry and frustrated - and he can play those parts to perfection. Lock Up isn’t a prison drama of the calibre of something like The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption or Papillon for example, but ... more
...But Certainly Up There With The Best Of The Rest comes Lock Up - a tough prison drama starring Sylvester Stallone and Donald Sutherland. Stallone plays Frank Leone, a model prisoner with only 6 months left to serve of his sentence. Suddenly and seemingly for no apparent reason he finds himself transfered to a maximum security prison to serve out the rest of his sentence. All becomes clear when he is introduced to the new warden of the prison who instigated the transfer - the sadistic warden Drumgoole(Sutherland) from whose custody he had previously escape some years earlier. The problems for Leone start immediately when it becomes clear that the reason for his transfer is solely so that Drumgoole can push him over the edge and break his chances of parole. His arrival precipitates a systematic series of beatings and mind games as it seems that Drumgoole will stop at nothing to break Leone...the final straw coming when a psychopath due for release tells him that Drumgoole has paid him to rape and murder Leone’s grilfriend when he is released...
Stallone is much maligned by the critics and the sheep-like public alike, but careful analysis of the guy shows him to be a shrewd operator who knows his limitations and plays on them to maximum effect. Lock Up is another of his movies which was probably written with him in mind as the lead character and therefore he suits the part perfectly. He isn’t asked to do much other than flex his muscles and look macho, pained, angry and frustrated - and he can play those parts to perfection. Lock Up isn’t a prison drama of the calibre of something like The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption or Papillon for example, but it is certainly one of the best of the rest.
The acting is...ok I guess. Other than Stallone, you have Sutherland playing completely against type to great effect as the sadistic warden complete with savage crew cut hairstyle and a manic glint in his eye...but the rest are pretty much non-descript and instantly forgettable. This is an action movie, and has just the kind of energy you would expect and require from a movie of this type. There is plenty of stereotyping, macho posturing and general prison archetypes on display here and the kind of fights, face-offs and ugly look competitions you expect to see and done in great style so you will not be disappointed. Yes, its very dumb and mostly predictable in this sense, but there is also a rather good story at play here as well. It is certainly one of Stallone's best movies, ranking just below The Rock in my opinion and well worth checking out if you like this kind of thing.
Overall, once again it has to be said that rather than try to fight again his critics, which I personally do not doubt he is capable of, Stallone gives them exactly what they are expecting - and once again does it in great style. I am not a huge fan of his movies, but when he gets them right, they are always excellent examples of the genre and well worth a couple of hours of your time. With Lock Up, he gets it very right and its a great movie. Take a look next time you come across a copy, its a great no-brainer.
Advantages: One of Stallone's "Better" Performances, The Score, Cast, Brutal Action Disadvantages: Predictable, Unrealistic
...This is the premise of Lock Up: a jailhouse battle of wills movie that attempts to portray the harsh realities of the justice system, with enough blood and machoism to feed your blood thirst.
Lock Up is perhaps a brutal version of Rocky: set in the very real Rahway Prison, East Jersey, Stallone plays the emotional nice guy Frank Leone who only wants to do the time for escaping his previous sentence to see his dying step dad. Unfortunately, the warden ... ...the time of its release, Lock Up was lost somewhere between Rambo III and Rocky V. Even hardcore Stallone fans rarely give the movie the light of day these days, even though it ranks considerably higher than turkeys such as Judge Dredd, or D-Tox.
Lock Up is hardly impressive, but is perhaps Stallone's most liberal movie, and a test of his character's spirit. Of course, with it being Sly, the audience is always aware that he will prevail, but a sadistic ...
andycarrington 10.02.2009
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Advantages: Plenty of Action, Sylvester Stallone at his best and Good Soundtrack Disadvantages: Some viewers may dislike the violence
In this film we see Sylvester Stallone locked up in a minimum security prison and then transferred to a maxmimum security prison not long from his release. He then meets Donald Sutherland who acts as the cruel prison warden who has past with Stallone, this then causes conflict and the story evolves. This film is one i would most definately recommend fans of Stallone to watch, as he plays his character superbly. My favourite scene in the film is in ...
Hogan12 01.11.2006
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A man with six months left to serve in prison is moved to a maximum security site under the sadistic hand of a warden with a personal vendetta against him. He must risk all to stand up to the torture and degradation the warden has created.
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An inmate (Sylvester Stallone) with six months left to serve in a prison sentence is moved from a minimum security site to a maximum security facility under the sadistic hand of a warden (Donald Sutherland) with a personal vendetta against him. He must risk it all to stand up to the plot of torture and degradation the warden has created.
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