Lockdown (2022)

• Year: 2022
• Released: 10 May 2022
• Country: United States
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7758954/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lockdown
• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 2160p
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
• Runtime: 118 min
• Writer: Massimiliano Cerchi, Rod Smith
• Director: Massimiliano Cerchi
• Cast: Michael Paré, Bai Ling, Michael Wainwright

2.4/10

Lockdown Storyline

Chaos reigns in Los Angeles when three criminals, led by a psychotic mastermind named McMasters, takes over a police station and threaten to kill everyone in it unless a large ransom is paid. FBI special agent Roger Kinkaid (Michael Pare’) uses his extensive knowledge in a bid to outwit the criminals and save the hostages, but one question remains: even if they get their money, how can they possibly escape?

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Lockdown Movie Reviews

Even other Razzie Award nominees would be laughing and cringing.

THIS was directed by experienced director Massimiliano Cerchi, who also wrote it along with another experienced writer? A 5th grader could write and direct this better. We did watch the entire film, because we changed our attitude that we were watching a comedy, and the beers and bongs eased the pain of what we were put through.

There is absolutely nothing redeeming about this mess, with the only exception being Michael Wainwright as McMasters, who’s performance was Oscar-worthy – compared to the others, including Pare, who seemed asleep for the most part. I’m sure most of the poor acting blame goes to Cerchi, who clearly offered zero cast direction. Scott Engrotti as Snake was decent, but everyone else was unconvincing, especially the female FBI officer, and Bai Ling, who I couldn’t understand anything she was saying over her constant yelling and screaming, and who was just annoying af.

The writing was also by far the worst I have seen, riddled with plot and technical issues, incohesive and total nonsense, especially each time the plot changed from scene to scene. There was zero credibility in how the FBI handled the entire situation, and eating and drinking coffee seemed more important and abundant. The best part of the film was the ten-second dream Bai Ling had. The rest of it was slow, boring and cringeworthy. The editing was the worst I have ever seen, the sound and score typical B-film unfitting and annoying.

I don’t know who funded and greenlight Cerchi’s final cut and said “awesome, let’s go to market”, but they all need to take up a new hobby. This mess makes all the recent Bruce Willis flops seem like Oscar-worthy films. Yup, it’s THAT bad. And even worse that an experienced director and writer gave us this nonsense. It’s a very generous 3/10, mostly all going to Wainwright’s amazing (compared to the rest) performance.

Made for Fifty bucks in lockdown. What do you expect?

Should have been a 1, but because it was made for fifty bucks I got generous.

Terrible acting, direction, editing, lighting, etc.

The Bai Ling action scenes are a in particular laughably bad.

I know it makes for better drama…

…..but whatever meds McMasters needs would be sent to, and administered at whatever facility he was housed in. The whole movie is based on his paranoid schizophrenia, so why not set the stage at the only police station that doesn’t follow the medication procedure.

Michael Paré hasn’t made anything worthwhile since his “Eddy and the Cruisers” days, but some efforts are better than others, and considering this script is so full of holes, he isn’t horrible in this.

This movie isn’t a ten, but it ain’t no one either.