aka Deadlock
At an undefined point ‘in the future’ Rutger Hauer’s luck goes unexpectedly sour. He’s placed in a penal colony where every inmate is fitted with an exploding, electronic collar that triggers if they wander outside of a painted border line. Cross the line = head goes boom.
What unfolds is predicable, light sci-fi stuff. I felt like I’d seen it before even though I hadn't. The prisoners are clichés and the twists and turns are totally transparent. But it’s not terrible and if you enjoy watching Rutger then it’s even enjoyable in places; he gets some caustic lines that raise a chuckle. It’s as if it set out to be average and achieved it.
2½ colourful names out of 5
2 comments:
Wasn't there a Chris Lambert film like this?
I'll go with the Lambert film if Joan Chen is involved with this one.
There was, Fortress. It has Jeffrey Combs. I think I’ve nutted it already. :p
She was a lot better in this than she was in TP, thank Jebus. It just occurred to me that TP and this were both in the same year.
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