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hyped garbage

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Islas is a film-maker whom knows what he wants to see on film, and has the resources to make it happen. As in the case of "Lockout", the director challenges the audience to try and figure out where the story is going, and turns a three-sixty to brilliant effect. The film evolves around a dysfunctional family who are forced to relocate from a posh Chicago lifestyle to a rural Wisconsin existence. When strange occurrences start to happen, the family is pitted against each other to a riveting climax. "Lockout" is dark, and shot beautifully by low budget master Ricardo Islas. A believable cast and superb writing makes this a must see for any true indie horror fan.

I give a movie about ten minutes to get my attention. If I don't care then it's proved itself a safe bet to move on. This movie captured me. I kept watching and but at the same time wondered why.I think I did because the actors felt somewhat real and I started caring for them. Also it had a 1970s (early 80s)-feel I quite liked. Like when I was young and saw Amityville Horror for the first time. For people like me, who enjoys horror-movies and miss those days when they really frightened you, this is a great movie... in that weird nostalgic way only a true horror-fan who liked "Alice sweet Alice", "Butcher, Baker Nightmaremaker" and "Antropophagus" can appreciate.

Generally speaking when someone refers to most horror films, no one likes to put the words "thinking man's" and "horror" together. Horror is often perceived to be a genre that requires no thinking, no logic, and one would even go as far to say no plot, but one thing people always can associate horror with is violence, gore, nudity, etc.So when it comes down the nitty gritty, horror films aren't often looked upon with kind eyes by critics alike for this said reason. They expect nothing more than a senseless bloodbath with no retribution whatsoever. Well thankfully, times are changing and horror – although still having its share of mindless bloodbaths – is turning into a genre that is becoming somewhat respected. Films like Saw while being grotesque also manage to put forth not only an interesting story, but a twist here and there that keeps the viewer guessing and constantly on their toes. It's a thinking man's horror film in sense. A whodunit if you will.When it comes down to looking at a film like Lockout one can only assume two things by viewing the cover art and the synopsis on the back; it's going to be one of those senseless bloodbath types of films, or it's going to be boring as sin. Thankfully, it's neither.The film has a basic premise, a story about a Dan, a man who cannot adjust to his company's new procedures and after 10 years of service, he is let go. It appears that the company needs people that can speak other languages and Dan cannot. He decides to move out to a country home he and his family have to take it easy and minimize the cost of living. Upon arrival things appear normal, but nothing is ever what it seems – especially in a horror film.The film mostly takes place in the old home and an abandoned barn where we meet our protagonists; two very messed up individuals who come into the picture due to a certain girl's strange habits. They enjoy violent sex and the occasional bodily dismemberment. It becomes clear very quickly that the pair is stalking Dan and his family and soon a final confrontation begins.As the film moves on, one picks up little hints here and there about the film's subject matter. It's very clear Dan is not friendly amongst the Hispanic or other foreign language citizens as everyone he meets he is either rude to, or just blows off. Odd considering that his wife and sister-in-law are also from other countries but that's just another part of this story's wonderful brain.The film does move along quite slowly but it builds up to a nice confrontation and a hell of a twist ending that I saw part of it coming, but the rest was a total shock. In any film's case, not just horror, a good twist these days is very hard to find.The acting sells the story as each actor portrays their characters very well. The arguments are real, the talking is real, it all feels real, nothing sounds pre-written or staged which is also, something difficult to find. The protagonists have no speaking lines which add not only to their weirdness but make them feel like more of a threat.The special features on the disc unfortunately are nil, nothing but a behind the scenes documentary and a trailer. Although the documentary was lengthy, a commentary would have been nice but the film works well enough on its own so I cannot complain. The picture comes through very clear and has that shot-on-video look but doesn't quite nail it, looks more like digital than anything but it does not detract from the film's viewing experience at all. If anything it adds to it.Lockout is one of those films people are either going to really love, or hate incredibly. I loved it. The film works its way under your skin, keeps you thinking at the end as it all falls into your lap and holds the viewer's interest for its running time. The story is thick, the acting is great, and the twist is one of those that won't make sense at first; but once you place all the facts of the film together and think about how it all falls into place; it will. Definitely a film you will be going, "Oh, okay so THAT'S what happened and that's why this was like this, okay I get it now." But it's not going to be something you will get right away, you'll have to think.If something that's going to pick at your brain hours after you watch it is what you're looking for, Lockout is it. If it isn't, well you might want to look elsewhere. This film has its brain planted firmly into its grizzly end and doesn't stop ticking until the credits roll. I applaud the writers and the people behind this film for bringing something like this to the horror genre. It's just the kind of film it needs to push itself up from being mindless entertainment to actual entertainment. Seek this one out, it's well worth it.Blurbtastic - "...the film works."

The story line of this film is almost completely non-sensical. The director/writer of this film took ideas/concepts from other films and tried to put them together into a 'uniquely' drawn out story (with the always great 'twist' ending), however, the end product is a piece of garbage. The characters in this story lack any depth whatsoever. The film contains no original scoring, poor editing, and at times, even worse acting. The director/writer clearly did not care about his characters and it shows in his work. While I hate to slam the 'efforts' of a low budget film maker, everyone should steer clear of this wasted effort. I did manage to sit through the entire 'experience' and can only offer that if you are feeling sad, lonely or just misunderstood, watch this film, you will laugh at how ridiculous it is.