Lockout
- Release Date
- April 12, 2012
- Director
- James Mather , Stephen St. Leger
- Cast
- Guy Pearce , Maggie Grace , Vincent Regan , Joseph Gilgun , Lennie James , Peter Stormare
- Runtime
- 95
- Main Genre
- Action
- Studio
- Open Road Films
- Writers
- Stephen St. Leger , James Mather , Luc Besson
- Tagline
- Take no Prisoners.
- Website
- http://lockoutfilm.com/
Summary
Starring Guy Pearce (Memento, Prometheus) and Maggie Grace (Taken, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) and set in the near future, Lockout follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent (Pearce), whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President’s daughter (Grace) from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum-security prison. Lockout was directed by Stephen St. Leger and James Mather from their script co-written with Luc Besson, who is also a producer. Peter Stormare co-stars.
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