Lock Up starring Sylvester Stallone,
Donald Sutherland, John Amos,
Sonny Landham, Tom Sizemore
Sid The Elf Says Lockup Is Sly's Lost Classic
With vanity projects like 1989s schlocky Lock Up to his credit, its a wonder
Sylvester Stallone survived to make some better movies in the 90s. This is
a brutal dose of macho action that Stallone squeezed in between Rambo
III and Rocky V, and his fans didnt seem to mind, so whos to judge? Its not
as bad as Slys other 1989 disaster (Tango & Cash), but youd have to be
demented, drunk, or have really low standards to call this a good movie.
But if youre in a primal mood youll get a kick out of this grimy flick, which
would qualify as Z-grade exploitation if it werent for Stallones beefy
presence as Frank Leone, a cooperative prisoner whos six months shy of
parole when hes relocated to a hellhole called Gateway Prison. The
wretched high-security facility is commandeered by Warden Drumgoole
(Donald Sutherland), who is determined to settle an old score with Stallone
... and you can pretty much guess the rest. Director John Flynn didnt

exactly distinguish himself with this one (hed go on to direct forgettable
fare like Out for Justice and Brainscan), but theres more visual style here
than you might expect, and Sly manages to take it all so seriously that you
can easily enjoy this gut buster as an unintentional comedy. --Jeff
Shannon
Personal Review: Lock Up starring Sylvester Stallone, Donald
Sutherland, John Amos, Sonny Landham, Tom Sizemore
In Lockup, the old boy Sly Stallone, plays a prisoner named Frank Leone.
Leone is without question the most beloved tragic figure in modern
American cinema. He is a rough and tumble yet lovable parpadelle and
brocolli eating machanic who remarks on a nice kiss from his girlfriend by
simply saying "that's Italian." It doesn't really make any sense to us, either.
But it makes sense to Leone, and that's just going to have to be good
enough.
Anyway, Leone was originally arrested for beating up some punks who are
terrorizing his mechanic mentor for whom he cares deeply. He is sent to
Treadmore, a prison run by the evil Warden Drumgoole. For some reason
Drumgoole has it out for Frank, so he won't let Leone have a weekend
furlough to see his mentor who is close to dying. Leone escapes,
humiliating and enraging Drumgoole. When Frank turns himself back in, he
is sent to a decent minimum security prison where he is let out on
weekends and the guards talk football and cars with him. And he's only got
a couple more months left on his sentance. Suddenly, as revenge,
Drumgoole gets Leone transfered to his new prison, Gateway. This place
is no joke; definately maximum security, with a twist. To help exact his
revenge, Drumgoole employs the thugish tactics of Sid's all-time favorite
hooligan, prisoner Chink Webber. This guy haunts Leone throughout the
whole movie,trying to antagonize Leone into fighting and getting more time
tacked onto his sentance. He does everything short of forcing Leone to eat
corned beef and cabbage. He even rips off Frank's chain with the mallichio
horn on it. And who can forget the famous football scene?
As you can tell, this is one of Sid's all-time favorite movies. However, this
film did NOT recieve its due ammount of critical acclaim or box-office
sucess. We, Sid the Elf, have just one question: why? Lockup has
everything you can ask for in a movie. Sid just can't get enough of the
ledgendary Chink Webber, who gives us so many great lines. For example
"Move it Ace, that's my spot," and "When are you going to paint your nails
and start answering to the name (explitive deleted)?" You have First Base,
who contributes a heaping helping of comedy just by speaking. There's the
immortal Eclipse, who touches the heart when the solitary tear rolls down
his face at witnessing the destruction of his baby, Maybeline(a car by the
way). And, if the room doesn't get officially dusty when Leone is seemingly
caught trying to escape because his close friend, Deep-fried Dallas rats
him out then you have no soul.

We could go on for pages and pages on Lockup because it is one of Sid
the Elf's favorite movies. We were discussing this during our current
screening, which kicked off our Stallone season, and we are putting it
behind only the zenith of B Death Ring. So, naturally, Lockup gets the Sid
the Elf Seal of Approval. See this movie! You'll thank us, yet again. That
means everything's ok.
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