Lock Up [Blu-ray]

I am a great fan of this film even tho it wasn't a big cinema hit(i think it was considered a FLOP in 1989)but i still LOVE this film and stallone is on top form in this film!-i love the story and i like the action scenes;i already have this film on DVD and i just had to get it on bluray when i seen it for sale on amazon so cheap(only £5)and i was hoping the picture quality would be much better than the previous DVD version..i was not disapointed one bit,.the picture quality is a vast improvment over the old DVD version,even tho thier was evidence of GRAIN in some of the scenes,but not too badly as to spoil the veiwing..after all,it is an old film now being made in 1989..The bluray features were ok and the same as the dvd special edition and it was good they included them on the bluray release!-if your a Stallone fan then this bluray is for you..i give it 8 out of 10.

Have to say right off that I can't believe the low rating for this one here, because it delivers everything that a Stallone fan would want, if one is loading this into the player then surely they know what to expect?

Frank Leone (Sylvester Stallone) only has a few weeks to go before being released from prison, he is no hard core offender, he is a loving man and is ready for a new life with his gorgeous girlfriend Melissa (Darlanne Fluegel). During the night he is whisked away to a maximum security prison on the orders of a sadistic warden out for revenge because Leone was the only man to have ever escaped from his prison, thus setting in motion the wheels of revenge.

We then follow Leone as he is pushed to the limits by crazy warden Drumgoole (Donald Sutherland) and all the sadistic guards under his command. He also enlists the help of resident inmate beefcake Chink Weber (Sonny Landham), and they all in turn try to break Leone at all costs to ensure that he never leaves prison again. There certainly is nothing here that hasn't been done before in the prison film genre, and only an idiot would expect anything other than the ending we get, but this is a Stallone movie and it's full of guts, testo macho action, and it should be noted that Sly here puts some depth to the character of Leone. He garners our sympathy quite quickly, and considering the bloke is built like the proverbial brick outhouse, it's quite an achievement.

The supporting players are a mixed bunch, this is Tom Sizemore's first motion picture and he does really well with the character of Dallas, Sonny Landham is his usual scary menacing self, whilst Frank McRae as Eclipse does just enough right to make his mark. So it's something of a surprise to me that the best actor on show is actually the film's weak link. Donald Sutherland does overplay it to the point that he goes beyond pantomime villain, it's a real teeth itching performance that he would only outdo with the dreadful Jamie Lee Curtis starrer, Virus, 10 years later, but in a film with such primal fun/action intentions, it doesn't ruin the film and leaves it all told as a fine genre piece.

No awards here for sure, but when I watch a film about a man played by Sly Stallone in prison then I think I know what to expect, and it delivers all that I hoped for, so hooray for the beefcake I say. 7/10

Just good film , very well entertaining stallone kicks ass in is this is gold by stallone and every one will love it its about friendship .