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Frank Leone (Sylvester Stallone), a skilled mechanic and football player, in Hoboken, New Jersey is a model prisoner nearing the end of his sentence in Norwood, a low security prison.
Plot. Frank Leone, a mechanic in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a model prisoner nearing the end of his sentence in Norwood, a low-security prison. He occasionally spends time outside prison on furlough fixing cars, playing American football and seeing his girlfriend Melissa.
Lock Up: Directed by John Flynn. With Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos, Sonny Landham. 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.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- John Flynn
- 1989-08-04
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Frank Leone, a skilled mechanic in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a model prisoner nearing the end of his sentence in Norwood, a low security prison. He occasionally spends time outside prison in his garage fixing cars, playing football and spending time with his girlfriend Melissa. One night, while sleeping in his cell, guards arrive and forcibly take Le...
Sylvester Stallone as Frank LeoneDonald Sutherland as Warden DrumgooleJohn Amos as Captain MeissnerSonny Landham as Chink WeberBox office
Lock Upgrossed $22.1 million on a budget of $24 million.
Critical response
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 23% of 13 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 4.38/10. Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Timeswrote that Stallone "defies credibility to the point of inviting unintended laughter." Hal Hinson of The Washington Post wrote, "Lock Upbears the unmistakable mark of a vanity production". In his annual Movie & Video Guide, film historian Leonard Maltin gave the picture 1.5 out of a possible 4 stars, comparing the mo...
1989. Directed by John Flynn. How much can a man take…before he gives back? Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge.
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- John Flynn
Lock Up stars Sylvester Stallone as Frank Leone, a convict nearing the end of his sentence in a minimum-security prison. He is unexpectedly transferred to a maximum-security facility by a vengeful warden who harbors a personal grudge against him.
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