Picture this: a maximum security prison gets overrun by the inmates, with correctional officers and other bystanders taken as hostages. One such hostage just so happens to be the President of the United States' daughter — and the only man who can save her is a former special forces operative with an agenda of his own.
Nothing too far outside the realm of blockbuster movie possibility, right? In the case of "Lockout," it gets better: all that aforementioned action? It takes place in space.
In certain hands, the far-out premise of "Lockout" could easily be fumbled — it could take itself too seriously, or it could wink way too hard at the viewer. Thankfully, "Lockout" was very much in the right hands from the very beginning (the hands of Luc Besson and his EuropaCorp studio to be precise), a fact that was very attractive to co-leads Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace in signing on for the film.
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Five Things We Can Tell You About 'Cabin In The Woods'
Posted 4/10/12 4:18 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Commentary
We here at MTV Movies Blog love "The Cabin in the Woods." There is no way around it. We love it so much, in fact, that it's really important to us that you love it too. So in the lead-up to this Friday's release of "Cabin," we're going to tell you everything you need to know about the film from Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard.
But here's the thing. You're not supposed to know that much. We respect that as much as anyone else who has seen "Cabin," so here are the five things we can actually safely say about "The Cabin in the Woods."
The Story
The official production notes for "The Cabin in the Woods" tell you everything you'll need to know about the film before heading into the theater. "Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen." That's the official plot summary for a reason, so before you think, "Oh, that's a really boring premise," check yourself. That's the humor of the movie, so if you don't get it, maybe this isn't the movie for you.
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