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Lock Up

Summary: With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.

Release Date: August 04, 1989

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: John Flynn

Writers: Richard Smith

, Henry Rosenbaum

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: 18A

Production: White Eagle, Carolco Pictures, Gordon Company

Distributor: TriStar Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 24,000,000

Domestic: $ 22,099,847

Box office:

Budget:$24MDomestic:$22.1MWorldwide:$22.1M

23%

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 23% higher than the critics.

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The Metacritic audience rated this 16% higher than the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

52/100

Metacritic User:

68/100

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6% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

33% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White61.11%Black16.67%Mixed / Other11.11%Latino5.56%Jewish5.56%

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Possibly woke elements:

interracial,interracial friendship

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1980s 20 year old abuse of power action hero african american man alarm ambush american football armory attempted escape automobile baseball bat basketball baton beating belt betrayal betrayal by a friend bicycle blonde blood blood splatter boat boxing ring boyfriend girlfriend relationship brawl briefs bucket building plan bully bully comeuppance burned face cafeteria captain car chase chicken wire cigar smoking cigarette smoking comic relief confession conspiracy convict cook corrupt official corrupt warden corruption covered in mud criminal cruelty crushed to death darkness death of friend deception destroying a car disarming someone dog electric cable electric chair electrocution escape from prison escape plan escape tunnel escaped convict escaped prisoner ethnic slur explosion eyeglasses f word falling into mud fence fight fight in mud fighting in snow fire first time driver fistfight flashback flashlight foot chase frame up freeze frame french kiss friendship gang gang member garage guard tower gym handcuffs hate held at gunpoint hero hit in the crotch hostage impalement independent film infirmary informant interracial friendship interrogation interrupted kiss isolation isolation ward italian american kidnapping knife knife held to throat letter limping lucky charm machine gun male bonding male nudity man uses a wheelchair manhunt manipulation mechanic mentor miscarriage of justice montage mop motor vehicle mud murder mustang name calling necklace neo noir new jersey nightstick novice driver park personal vendetta photograph pistol playing pool police brutality power outage prison prison brawl prison cell prison director prison doctor prison fight prison gang prison guard prison riot prison segragation prison warden prison yard prisoner prisoner transport psychological torture psychopath punishment racial slur rain rape threat red car release from prison revenge ring rooftop sadism sadist sadistic prison guard sadistic warden security camera self sacrifice self service sharing a cigarette shotgun showdown sideview mirror sleep deprivation smuggling snow soap solitary confinement spotlight stabbed in the back stabbed in the chest stabbed in the side stabbing steam strongman stubble suicide suit and tie surveillance swat team talking through a glass wall tank top tattoo threatened with a knife timeframe 1980s torture tough guy violence walkie talkie warden weightlifting welder welding wheelchair wrestling

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Lock Up as Stealth Holocaust Propaganda

One of my favorite Sylvester Stallone movies from my childhood is 1989’s Lock Up, a satisfying prison flick that stars Sly as Frank Leone, a model convict with six months to go and what appears...

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