Film1989115 min

Lock Up

Name: Lock Up
Genre: Action, Crime
Released: 1989
Duration: 115 min
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos, Sonny Landham, Tom Sizemore

Taste attributes: actioncrimedramaslowunsavourylineargrittyenclosedemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survival

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"How much can a man take...before he gives back?"

Boxlist takeAn intimate, unhurried crime drama, otherwise balanced. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

6.7/10

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Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.

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