Lackluster ‘Lockout’ Fails to Blast Off

What is outer space like? Just ask any American criminal. In 2079, all high-risk male criminals are held in an outer space maximum-security prison known as MS-1, where they are cryo-frozen and kept in stasis. At least, this is the 2079 envisioned in writer Luc Besson’s (“Taken”) new action film “Lockout.” “Lockout” follows ex-CIA operative Snow (Guy Pearce, “The King’s Speech”), who, falsely accused of murder and treason, faces a lifetime sentence on MS-1. His partner and friend Mace (Tim Plester, “Kick-Ass”) is the only person capable of absolving him, but Mace has disappeared. Snow’s last opportunity for freedom arises…