DEADLOCK is a jokey, one-note adventure set in a future whose visual complexion is a bit too similar to our present. Recommended for prison pic groupies who get off on cruel and inhuman punishment but don't want the inconvenience of actually being incarcerated.
Not only is heist mastermind Frank Warren (Rutger Hauer) prevented from living happily ever after with the diamonds he steals, but he's also pumped full of lead by his fiancee Noelle (Joan Chen) and best pal Sam (James Remar). Surviving the injury to his pride and major arteries, Frank does a
stretch at a newfangled pokey, Camp Holliday. All the inmates in the prison wear "deadlocks"--electronic necklaces...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
103 mins