Leofwine_draca LOCKOUT is a poor quality indie horror flick that will make little sense to anybody who bothers watching it. It starts out on a relatively simple footing with a man fired from his job and moving to an old house in Wisconsin and is subsequently haunted by strange events and characters. At this point coherency takes a nose dive and I had no idea what was going on or who the characters were - the scriptwriter doesn't bother explaining any of this. It's really not worth sticking it out to the end where you finally discover just what on earth is going on.

terrible2 Islas is a film-maker whom knows what he wants to see on film, and has the resources to make it happen. As in the case of "Lockout", the director challenges the audience to try and figure out where the story is going, and turns a three-sixty to brilliant effect. The film evolves around a dysfunctional family who are forced to relocate from a posh Chicago lifestyle to a rural Wisconsin existence. When strange occurrences start to happen, the family is pitted against each other to a riveting climax. "Lockout" is dark, and shot beautifully by low budget master Ricardo Islas. A believable cast and superb writing makes this a must see for any true indie horror fan.

ulricjoh I don't mind low budget movies - "Saw" started out with a small budget & worked very well. Even the "Blair Witch Project" had some redeeming moments. Unfortunately, this one didn't.From the very beginning, I couldn't understand what the plot in this movie was supposed to be about.I understood that the lead character was undergoing some serious issues in his life, which affected those around him, but there seemed to be too many obscure incidents being introduced that had little or no relevance to what was going on in the movie.In the end, I decided to log on here to see if anyone else had the "answer" to what the heck was supposed to be happening - unfortunately not.Personally, I wouldn't invest my time on this wasted effort. It's not the money I was concerned about losing, it's the time I'll never get back again :-(

mail-4297 I give a movie about ten minutes to get my attention. If I don't care then it's proved itself a safe bet to move on. This movie captured me. I kept watching and but at the same time wondered why.I think I did because the actors felt somewhat real and I started caring for them. Also it had a 1970s (early 80s)-feel I quite liked. Like when I was young and saw Amityville Horror for the first time. For people like me, who enjoys horror-movies and miss those days when they really frightened you, this is a great movie... in that weird nostalgic way only a true horror-fan who liked "Alice sweet Alice", "Butcher, Baker Nightmaremaker" and "Antropophagus" can appreciate.