Lockout (** out of ****)

Standard action movie right here. Nothing more and nothing less. Guy Peace plays Snow, a wrongly convicted prisoner in the year 2037. In this not so distant future, all prisoners are sent to space in a giant space station jail. A riot occurs and the prisoners take the station as well as hostages. One of them is the president's daughter who is there on a goodwill mission (you gotta love that cliche). Snow, considered the best at what he does, is assigned to get into the station and rescue Emilie (Maggie Grace). The film has a nice look to it, the space sets bring a fresh feel to the action movie. The fact the film more or less Snake Plissken in space gets some bonus points too. However the film is littered with plot holes that may be explained only through the audiences imagination. Snow is too wisecracking for his own good,  nothing special fight scenes, and rehashed cliches makes Lockout feel all to average, but not necessarily bad. Once again it's the standard action movie you see every month.

** out of ****