Lock Up (1989)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

John Flynn

Writers (WGA):

Richard Smith (written by) and
Jeb Stuart (written by) ...

Release Date:

4 August 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

How much can a man take. How far can he be pushed, before he fights back?

Plot:

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Warden | Shank | Escape Attempt | Mustang

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Frank Leone
Donald Sutherland	...	Warden Drumgoole
John Amos	...	Captain Meissner
Sonny Landham	...	Chink Weber
Tom Sizemore	...	Dallas
Frank McRae	...	Eclipse
Darlanne Fluegel	...	Melissa
William Allen Young	...	Braden
Larry Romano	...	First Base
Jordan Lund	...	Manly
John Lilla	...	Wiley
Dean Rader-Duval	...	Ernie (as Dean Duval)
Jerry Strivelli	...	Louie Munafo
David Anthony Marshall	...	Mastrone
Kurek Ashley	...	Chink's Gang Member

Runtime:

115 min | Norway:104 min (approx.)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Iceland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:12 | France:-12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #29891) | West Germany:16 (cut) | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

East Jersey State Prison, Avenel, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Carolco Pictures

Trivia:

The brief dance done by Eclipse when he scores the touchdown during the football game resembles the "Ickey Shuffle" made famous by Elbert "Ickey" Woods who played fullback for the Cincinnati Bengals in the late 1980s.

Goofs:

Continuity: The front glass on Leone's windshield gets broken twice after it reappears.

Quotes:

Warden Drumgoole: I'll have your ass for this. I'll have your ass.

Movie Connections:

References "Hogan's Heroes" (1965)

Soundtrack:

EVER SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN

Stallone behind bars, possibly for making the movie "Rhinestone".

This movie was supposed to be inspiring or something I guess, but it just seems to unbelievable that it sort of ruins the movie. Stallone is locked up in a rather cozy prison as he was in a fiercer prison, but managed to expose a corrupt warden played by Sutherland. Well this warden is now in charge of a really bad place and manages to get Stallone's character transferred in by what would amount to a kidnapping. At this point one would ask how Sutherland's character can get away with this and there is seemingly nothing anyone can do is beyond me. The guy has already proved to be a bad warden so how is he wielding this much power? Well the rest of the movie is your typical prison movie fare as Stallone makes friends and enemies in his new home, while trying to figure out how once again to expose the warden who has already been proved to be corrupt that he is even worse than first realized. You also have a football game and a dude that really likes roaches. This movie also features that one Indian dude from Predator, you know the one that thought he was a real tough guy who threw away his gun and met the Predator head on and promptly got killed. The movie has some good points, and is watchable, but it follows the same formula of any prison movie with an absurd premise.