Customer Reviews

Lock Up [DVD]

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

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 .

ordered for my son who has the video copy and wanted to up date to a dvd version ,so expect that he likes this copy as well as his video copy

Excellent old classic Stallone film one of the best films with him apart apart from rocky films ..... Quick postage and great price

FANTASTIC FILM, PURCHACED FOR HALF THE PRICE OF OTHER RETAILERS. WOULD RECOMEND TO ALL STALLONE FANS. EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY.

the film is the story of a con who is nearing his time and is due to be released when his past comes back to haunt him in the form of donald sutherland who plays a great character role as a warden who feels he has served a system that in turn betrayed him. Stallone is in an open prison which he returns to only to be taken in the dark of night to a high security prison where, the only thing worse than the inmates are the guards who watch over them and the warden (sutherland) who intends to make sure Stallone never leaves his facility alive, action is of course a given with Stallone but he gives also an emotional performance, the film is as good now as when it was made and would recommend it for the action as well as the performances.

This is a good film from stallone but not his best.Storys not brillant as it shows stallone at the start having a good time with his wife.So he can pretty much leave the prison hes in at anytime he wants.Then gets chucked in one thats hell on earth.Just because an old warden don,t like him from escaping a prison a long time ago.However the blu rays not a brillant picture or sound.Grab it if you are a stallone fan.Get it cheap.

even though the language is a bit choice and the violence is a bit Gorey and graphic, i still consider this one of Stallone's best movies

first of all i have to confess i am a stallone fan,which doesn't prevent me from being objective when i say that"lock up" is one of the best action flicks of these period(late 80's)that i used to watch after school with pals and chocolate bars.it's kind of rocky in prison,sly is perfect as franck leone, a hearty streetguy harrassed by a devilish warden(sutherland doesn't play the character,he is the character!);which makes me think if you like prison flicks one of the essential ingredients of this genre are supporting characters and in "lock up" they are bloody good !(john amos,tom sizemore,franck mcrae),lock up is simply a good prison flick.