Re-watching Lock Up
Sylvester Stallone has made some good movies, maybe a great movie or 2, and some bad movies. Lock Up might be a bad one but I like it anyway. Stallone plays a criminal named Frank who is transferred to a bad prison. (It is not the worst prison I have seen in films.) The warden of the bad prison (Donald Sutherland) has a grudge against Frank.
Basically the plot involves the Warden trying to break Frank. Frank is just trying to survive but he can be pushed too far. Some guards see the things going on and seem uncomfortable. They are not uncomfortable enough to do anything.
Stallone is likable as Frank. The rest of the cast is pretty good. John Amos plays the head of the guards. It seems a long way from his role as the father on Good Times. Sutherland is good as the warden, he is as evil as any of the prisoners.
Is this worth seeing if you haven’t seen it? Maybe. I have said before that I like an action movie with smaller stakes and I tend to like Stallone. This is melodramatic at times and probably more melodramatic than the makers intended.
Basically the plot involves the Warden trying to break Frank. Frank is just trying to survive but he can be pushed too far. Some guards see the things going on and seem uncomfortable. They are not uncomfortable enough to do anything.
Stallone is likable as Frank. The rest of the cast is pretty good. John Amos plays the head of the guards. It seems a long way from his role as the father on Good Times. Sutherland is good as the warden, he is as evil as any of the prisoners.
Is this worth seeing if you haven’t seen it? Maybe. I have said before that I like an action movie with smaller stakes and I tend to like Stallone. This is melodramatic at times and probably more melodramatic than the makers intended.
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