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Lock Up

R In Theaters 08/4/1989 , 115min.
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Plot & Details

Sylvester Stallone is a tough but essentially decent convict in a relatively humane prison. He's on such good terms with the authorities that he's occasionally allowed a weekend furlough. This idyllic situation ends abruptly when he's transferred to a nasty prison run by sadistic warden Donald Sutherland (remember way back when Sutherland played good guys and Stallone played secondary hoodlums?) Harboring a grudge against Sly over an unfortunate incident at another prison, Sutherland does everything he can to make Stallone's term a Hell on Earth. But in the end, it is Sutherland who is Stallone's prisoner--and, since Sly's name comes first on the credits, it is Sutherland who blubberingly confesses to a string of crimes perpetrated on the helpless inmates.
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Genre(s): Action
  • Run Time: 115min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 08/04/1989
  • DVD Release Date: 06/23/1998
  • Distributor(s): TriStar Pictures
  • Director(s): John Flynn
  • Starring: Sylvester Stallone , Donald Sutherland , John Amos , Sonny Landham , Tom Sizemore
  • Themes: Down on Their Luck
  • Tone: Claustrophobic,Forceful,Gritty,Tense
  • Keywords: assault,grudge,inmate,prison,revenge,sentence [penal system],warden
  • Country of Origin: USA (08-04-1989)
  • Language: English
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