Why so much hype?

Fantastic!

Best movie ever!

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

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.

First off, Lockout is low budget. If you don't care for low budget horror then you will probably wish to pass on this film. Personally, I believe a good low budget horror film is a true piece of work and the film makers have to work that much harder to make up for tight funding. Lockout was a surprisingly disturbingly edgy tale.Dan (Kris Desautels) finds himself out of a job, a victim to outsourcing. For a change of pace and to soften the financial hit, he, his insecure wife Chris (Cyn Dulay), and her younger obnoxiously, self-deluded sister Roweena (Claire Davenport II) move to Dan's second home in Wisconsin. Matters turn dark when Roweena attempts to set up shop as a call girl in the rural area and is contacted to entertain a grisly fetish.Save the constant barrage of four letter expletives reminiscent of a Rob Zombie film, acting is solid here. The film is careful and stingy with story clues. Shock and gore is viciously let loose in masterfully timed shotgun bursts that slap hard and without warning. It is a far from perfect film, but it is engaging.

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.

The story line of this film is almost completely non-sensical. The director/writer of this film took ideas/concepts from other films and tried to put them together into a 'uniquely' drawn out story (with the always great 'twist' ending), however, the end product is a piece of garbage. The characters in this story lack any depth whatsoever. The film contains no original scoring, poor editing, and at times, even worse acting. The director/writer clearly did not care about his characters and it shows in his work. While I hate to slam the 'efforts' of a low budget film maker, everyone should steer clear of this wasted effort. I did manage to sit through the entire 'experience' and can only offer that if you are feeling sad, lonely or just misunderstood, watch this film, you will laugh at how ridiculous it is.