The year is 2079 and a convicted felon who answers only to his surname, Snow, is the only shot the Secret Service has to free the President’s daughter from a hostage situation aboard a space prison full of the worst of Earth’s criminals.  He has limited time, an ulterior motive and a sarcastic wit.   If you are thinking I meant to say Snake Plissken is the only shot they have, your confusion... 

I’ve finally made it to the theater – twice in the past 24 hours, in fact. Both times I’ve been sitting there in the darkened theater, I’ve watched the trailer for Lockout unfold before me, which I took as a sign that I needed to write about the upcoming film, even if the trailer has been out for a while. The basic vibe of the trailer borrows heavily from Escape from New York / Escape from... 

Columbiana comes from director by Olivier Megaton, who also directed Transporter 3, making him adept action sequences and chase scenes, and is written by Luc Besson, writer/director of Leon: The Professional and Nikita, and Robert Mark Kamen, creator of The Karate Kid franchise (Besson and Kamen also previously co-wrote The Transporter). Solo, Besson has done numerous movies with strong female central...