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It's 2035, and still no cure for Covid-19 has been found. The world
population has shrunken down to 29 million by now, and with huge chunks of
civilization gone, so did law and order. Some of the survivors have
assembled in militia, to fight the virus the only way they can - with
guns. Not that makes any sense, but militia have since identified "the
homeless" as prime spreaders of the virus, so "taking care"
of this problem, in their heads, would take care of the other one - which
of course still makes no sense but feeds to man's primal instincts. Rex
(Kevin Nash) is the leader of one such militia, and he has identified the
local, long-abandoned high school as a congregation point of the homeless,
so he sends a strike team, led by his son Justin (Swayde McCoy) in to take
care of the situation - as in, hunt down and kill everyone. Dean (David D.
Ford), an ex-marine who has since sworn off violence to live a
comparatively happy life with his wife Carrie (Brooke Lyons), gets wind of
this, and unfortunately he knows that his long-estranged crackhead sister
Courtney (Stephanie Kae Smith) has taken up residence in the high school,
so he decides to save her, preferably ahead of the militia attack. But no
such luck, as he only manages to find Courtney when the militia are
entering the building, and they're not likely to let anyone out on their
watch. The second problem is of course, Courtney's not all that happy
about the brother who has more or less abandoned her suddenly swinging in
for her rescue, and she's not all that sure she can even trust him. But
maybe the biggest problem is that Justin has a personal vendetta against
Dean, and he and his men outnumber and outgun Dean and his sister easily
... A dystopian action flick for the Covid-era with shades of Escape
from New York, Lockdown is a very solid genre piece with elements
of social commentary that moves along at a very swiftly pace, and while
the action setpieces are only as grandiose as the budget allows, the film
really focuses more on tension and suspense, all the while telling an
engaging story. And a dynamic directorial effort makes the whole thing,
which was actually filmed by a smaller-than-usual team during the actual
pandemic it's about, pretty cool genre fare.
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