Lock Up Details

Sylvester Stallone opts for some grittier material after the cartoon heroics of his Rambo and Rocky characters, in a film that proves to be almost as disastrous as his forays into comedy. He plays a nice criminal on the verge of being released, who is whisked away to a gothic prison hell presided over by Donald Sutherland. Stallone acts moody and indulges in a spot of mud wrestling, while Darlanne Fluegel, as his girlfriend, frets at home, and it's left to Sutherland to provide the only fun as the wildly over-the-top warden. John Flynn, who has directed some marvellous macho thrillers — The Outfit and Best Seller among them — loses his way in a flood of testosterone and prison movie clichés.

Although reviled for his macho roles, Stallone is a shrewd star who knows his limitations; the problem is that he tends... read more on Time Out