The movie follows Avery when he returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
16 March 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
22 October 1963, Brooklyn, New York, USA
19 March 1976, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 April 1970, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
2 July 1955, San Tome, Venezuela
21 June 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
February 14, 2003
[A] modest yet intermittently powerful film.
February 14, 2003
Benefits from authenticity, sincerity and an honest sense of outrage.
February 14, 2003
What makes the movie memorable is its authenticity.
February 14, 2003
Despite a low budget and predictable story line, Lockdown has undeniable power to it, fired by some fine performances and a terrifying portrayal of prison life that rings disturbingly true.
February 13, 2003
Though over-the-top and simplistic, the film has a punchy B-movie grit and gusto.
January 03, 2003
Here's hoping Richard T. Jones will get a chance to display his chops in a real movie sometime.
February 14, 2003
Melodramatic and sincere, Lockdown shows the penal system's corruptions sensationally, in ways that distinguish it from sensational prison flicks like Seagal's trippy Half Past Dead (2002) or Stallone's histrionic Lock Up (1989).
February 14, 2003
Doesn't tell you much about prison life that the movies ... haven't told you already.
February 17, 2003
Lockdown makes that excruciating and often terrifying ordeal of incarceration gut wrenching and palpable.
