British distributors Entertainment in Video (EIV) have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray directors James Mather and Stephen St. Leger's Lockout (2012), starring Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace and Peter Stormare. Co-written by Luc Besson, the film will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on August 20th.
It is 2079 and the world's most dangerous criminals are incarcerated in a secure prison in outer space. During an official visit by the president's daughter, Emilie (Maggie Grace), a breakout occurs and Emilie is taken hostage. In desperation, the president enlists the services of wrongly-convicted spy (Pearce), offering him a deal: if he can rescue Emilie from the clutches of the prison's most violent inmates, he can be assured of his own acquittal and future freedom.
I'm going to blind buy the unrated cut of this movie. I like Guy Pearce, but I refuse to go see any so-called "action" movie at the theater when it's rated PG-13.
Dark Knight, Bourne Identity, Inception, Iron Man, Indy, Avengers, Jurassic Park, Casino Royale, Taken, The Fugitive, Crouching Tiger, Fifth Element, Ghost Protocol, Independence Day, Minority Report, Big Trouble in Little China......... just to name a few PG-13 actioners. While I actually know exactly what you mean and pretty much agree, just playing devil's advocate.
The theatrical version was rated 15 in the UK which may well mean it already the same as US unrated version. Looks like they did not bother to cut down to a family friendly 12 / PG13 rating version.
Given its EiV there is a good chance it is the unrated. Given they are cheap and only have UK & Ireland distribution rights on their titles they tend to buy in their masters rather than pay for their own.
Lockout wasn't cut in the UK, so I kinda doubt EIV will release a censored version.
Regardess, I have the Sony disc and the film is practically PG-13 anyway. There's very little actual bloodshed onscreen. Anyone expecting a blood-splatted action-fest, look elsewhere.
Couldn't be as bad as the dinosaur stampede in jacksons king kong, now that cgi was crap. Also wasn't this movie previously released as Fortress 2 starring Christopher Lambert?
