awesome prison movie
Added 7/1/2009
This is one of the more truthful prison movies i've seen. Unlike the movie undisputed, the prison environment in this movie is not appealing and should be a heads up to anyone who thinks otherwise. Frank (sylvester stallone) is 6 months away from being released from prison but his former warden has other plans for him. Forcefully taken from his current prison and put into gateway, Frank faces his former warden who absolutely despises him and vows to make the next 6 months miserable for Frank.
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Stallone Fan
Added 3/30/2009
Im a Stallone fan and I really enjoyed this movie. For the price this is a great classic to pick up for anybodys collection
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Could have been better.
Added 1/7/2008
Was not as good as I thaught it would be. Could have been better.
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Sid the Elf says Lockup is Sly's lost classic
Added 8/6/2007
In Lockup, the old boy Sly Stallone, plays a prisoner named Frank Leone. Leone is without question the most beloved tragic figure in modern American cinema. He is a rough and tumble yet lovable parpadelle and brocolli eating machanic who remarks on a nice kiss from his girlfriend by simply saying "that's Italian." It doesn't really make any sense to us, either. But it makes sense to Leone, and that's just going to have to be good enough.
Anyway, Leone was originally arrested for beating up some punks who are terrorizing his mechanic mentor for whom he cares deeply. He is sent to Treadmore, a prison run by the evil Warden Drumgoole. For some reason Drumgoole has it out for Frank, so he won't let Leone have a weekend furlough to see his mentor who is close to dying. Leone escapes, humiliating and enraging Drumgoole. When Frank turns himself back in, he is sent to a decent minimum security prison where he is let out on weekends and the guards talk football and cars with him. And he's only got a couple more months left on his sentance. Suddenly, as revenge, Drumgoole gets Leone transfered to his new prison, Gateway. This place is no joke; definately maximum security, with a twist. To help exact his revenge, Drumgoole employs the thugish tactics of Sid's all-time favorite hooligan, prisoner Chink Webber. This guy haunts Leone throughout the whole movie,trying to antagonize Leone into fighting and getting more time tacked onto his sentance. He does everything short of forcing Leone to eat corned beef and cabbage. He even rips off Frank's chain with the mallichio horn on it. And who can forget the famous football scene?
As you can tell, this is one of Sid's all-time favorite movies. However, this film did NOT recieve its due ammount of critical acclaim or box-office sucess. We, Sid the Elf, have just one question: why? Lockup has everything you can ask for in a movie. Sid just can't get enough of the ledgendary Chink Webber, who gives us so many great lines. For example "Move it Ace, that's my spot," and "When are you going to paint your nails and start answering to the name (explitive deleted)?" You have First Base, who contributes a heaping helping of comedy just by speaking. There's the immortal Eclipse, who touches the heart when the solitary tear rolls down his face at witnessing the destruction of his baby, Maybeline(a car by the way). And, if the room doesn't get officially dusty when Leone is seemingly caught trying to escape because his close friend, Deep-fried Dallas rats him out then you have no soul.
We could go on for pages and pages on Lockup because it is one of Sid the Elf's favorite movies. We were discussing this during our current screening, which kicked off our Stallone season, and we are putting it behind only the zenith of B Death Ring. So, naturally, Lockup gets the Sid the Elf Seal of Approval. See this movie! You'll thank us, yet again. That means everything's ok.
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most underrated stallone film ever
Added 3/18/2007
This simply is the most underrated film stallone has ever done since the other most underrated stallone film before it over the top.Wonderfull film about frank leone who sits out his prison scentence quietly until donal sutherland transvers him to his prison with the goal to kill him.
Watch stallone play a nice guy who just tries to survive.And once again
bill conti delivers a perfect score for a stallone film.The music here is just perfect.
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Excellent Movie
Added 2/16/2007
I throughly enjoyed this movie. Plenty of action with Stallone and Keiffer Sutherland doing a good job. Not their best performances but definitely not their worst. I recommend this movie.
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awesome prison movie
Added 7/1/2009
This is one of the more truthful prison movies i've seen. Unlike the movie undisputed, the prison environment in this movie is not appealing and should be a heads up to anyone who thinks otherwise. Frank (sylvester stallone) is 6 months away from being released from prison but his former warden has other plans for him. Forcefully taken from his current prison and put into gateway, Frank faces his former warden who absolutely despises him and vows to make the next 6 months miserable for Frank.
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Stallone Fan
Added 3/30/2009
Im a Stallone fan and I really enjoyed this movie. For the price this is a great classic to pick up for anybodys collection
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