Claire_zilinskas OK so I just finished watching this movie, it was in the graveyard time slot, you know the after the "box office hit" movie they play that is usually crap but you still watch it because you can't sleep. At first I thought oh crud not another movie with rappers trying to act, but then it actually started to work for me. I think De'Aundre Bonds - Dre was perfect in his role, I was surprised how he showed the pain of what he was going through so convincingly with his eyes. I just wanted to get him away from all of it. I will also have to be a girl and say that Gabriel Casseus is gorgeous and a talented actor to boot. I was torn between liking his character and wanting to smack him in the head, which is definitely a good thing because in a lot of movies the characters are so clean cut, usually good or bad and thats that. I think that was the only thing about Avery - Richard T. Jones. He seemed to me to be a plain character, i.e. the good guy. You wanted him to get out and that was what one side of the plot was about. So to sum up I really was nicely surprised by this movie, there were a few inconsistencies but hey if you don't over analyze movies then you should be just fine.

bestintheworld82 Lockdown is a great movie. Sad but real. Lockdown is a story about an aspiring swimmer named Avery (Richard T Jones). One of his main goals in life is to become a swimmer One night while he and his two friends Dre and Cashmere ( Gabriel Casseus, Deaundre Bonds) are driving in Cashmere's car they find a gun. The gun is linked to a fast food robbery earlier that night. The Police tracks them down and finds the gun on them. They all get sentenced for armed robbery and murder.Gabriel Casseus's performance of the hyper and thuggish Cashmere was brilliant. Bonds role of Dre was not bad, but it didn't live up like the roles of Richard T Jones and Gabriel Casseus. Master P is also great as Clean Up, the vicious inmate who has security guards working for him, his drugs being brought in and out of the prison a ho of a girlfriend who Cashmere gets a piece of, and he wants Cashmere to do his dirty work. The supporting cast was brilliant. Melissa De Sousa as Avery's girl Krista; Sticky Fingaz as Broadway the ex drug dealer turned inmate; Bill Nunn as Avery's scouter for college and his attorney; And Clifton Powell who was the OG of the prison, and I felt he should've had a longer part in the movie. Lockdown is Master P's best movie to date.

bigdan802003 I am a big fan of prison movies but this movie really did not work for me. The plot was not very interesting with cookie cutter characters on top of that the acting was pretty poor. It rates four beers on my beer/movie rating system.

aflikdareddude If you like 'Oz' you'll enjoy this movie.Predominately a African American cast,this is one of those movies white america will not embrace,and because of that it will get undeserved negative criticism.If you've been behind bars,you will relate and love this movie more than the average person.But even if you haven't been in the pen,this flic is entertaining with some real scenes that depict life when your freedom is taken away. ****/5.