'Lockout' First Five Minutes: Guy Pearce Being Sarcastic, Getting Punched, Chased (VIDEO)

The first five minutes of "Lockout," the upcoming sci fi action adventure flick starring Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace hit the web over the weekend.

Judging by the clip, "Lockout" doesn't seem to take itself too seriously, with Guy Pearce as Snow making sarcastic quips and getting punched in the face for each verbal barb. That's followed by a rousing action sequence replete with a fight sequence, a death, a futuristic gunship and foot chase.

The cliche-ridden dialog (is this the '80s?) is another sign "Lockout" isn't gunning for any Oscars:

Serious sounding man: "There's only one man that can get her out."
Serious sounding man #2: "Who?"
Serious sounding man: "Snow. He's the best there is. But he's a loose cannon."

The official synopsis tells you all you need to know about the movie and why the above dialog works:

Set in the near future, "Lockout" follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent (Pearce), whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President's daughter (Grace) from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum security prison.

In other words, expect a mashup of "Die Hard", "Escape From L.A.", "Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay" (the videogame), "5th Element" (Luc Besson is involved), with a little "Outland" thrown in for good measure.

Check out more "Lockout" clips and trailers below.

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Comments

[fifi lahkay]

12:00 PM on 04/12/2012

This is one of the few movies I'm looking forward to this year too. I've recently seen Tinker, Taylor, and needed some straightforward fun to balance me out.

By the way--BTILC remains one of my all-time fave's. Actually, I'm going see if I can find it to watch tonight.

[AlinaSaavedra]

01:46 AM on 04/10/2012

I can't watch this. He looks so much like my ex.

[Eva Munet]

06:59 PM on 04/09/2012

am I the only one who has this urgent need to see this??? One day i was watching the trailer on TV for the 5th time and I thought to myself "MY GOD...I have to see this!" No one makes good cheesy movies anyomre.....Where are you John Carpenter??? The world needs another Big Trouble in Little China! Or any of the other Chedder grade shlock you've produced!

[Akizme72]

12:26 AM on 04/10/2012

Remember the movie "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th dimension"??? Or am I really the only one who ever saw that movie? And yes, Big Trouble in LIttle China rocked! And "They Live!"!!! OMG nobody makes movies like this anymore!

[Chris-Anderson]

10:14 AM on 04/10/2012

BTILC was one of my favorite movies. And I remember Buckaroo Banzai as well. That was a truly weird movie. I'm currently trying to figure out a way to get the wife to watch it with me as I haven't seen it for years.

[Eva Munet]

03:55 PM on 04/10/2012

"I've come to chew bubble gum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubble gum!"

[Albertmum]

05:20 PM on 04/09/2012

I fell madly in lust with him when I saw him in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

[madchen515]

12:24 AM on 04/10/2012

I second that emotion! Boy did he make spandex look good :)

[Akizme72]

12:27 AM on 04/10/2012

then you MUST watch "The Proposition"!

[jdrourke]

12:17 PM on 04/10/2012

Great movie - well done.

[Helena Williamstom]

04:41 PM on 04/09/2012

Guy Pearce is such as talent. I've adored him since his appearance on the soap, Neighbours...

[SpeakupNation]

02:56 PM on 04/09/2012

The trailer I saw was so over the top that I loved it! Lockout seems to really be part homage, part spoof/send-up of all of those testosterone drenched action pics. I hope it lives up to the trailer.

[BlackJAC]

02:28 PM on 04/09/2012

I'll never understand the fascination with suspended animation prisons in sci-fi, for it doesn't exactly rehab the felons incarcerated therein.

[ruthinking]

02:25 PM on 04/09/2012

I can't say exactly why, but I just love Guy Pearce. Please, put him in more movies!

[KiltsAreHot]

03:49 PM on 04/09/2012

You beat me to the punch. I don't know what it is about him.

[ruthinking]

08:25 PM on 04/09/2012

Have you seen him in "the hard word" with Rachel Griffiths? whew!

[Chris-Anderson]

10:14 PM on 04/09/2012

Memento.