Lockdown (2000)
After leaving Avery the college, he returns again as a competitive swimmer and gets the scholarship when he win the impressive of the scouts. One night after finishing the race and winning it, he determines to celebrate with his friends, Dre and Cashmere, but a bad accident happened when the police find a gun in the Cashmere's car and accused mistakenly of the murder and the trio enter the prison.
6 March 1948, New York City, New York, USA
22 October 1963, Brooklyn, New York, USA
31 January 1965, Houston, Texas, USA
3 November 1973, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
What makes the movie memorable is its authenticity.
February 14, 2003
[A] modest yet intermittently powerful film.
February 13, 2003
Though over-the-top and simplistic, the film has a punchy B-movie grit and gusto.
February 14, 2003
Doesn't tell you much about prison life that the movies ... haven't told you already.
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
Benefits from authenticity, sincerity and an honest sense of outrage.
February 17, 2003
Lockdown makes that excruciating and often terrifying ordeal of incarceration gut wrenching and palpable.
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.
