[go: up one dir, main page]

    Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    EmmysSuperheroes GuideSan Diego Comic-ConSummer Watch GuideBest Of 2025 So FarDisability Pride MonthSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayMost popular celebsCelebrity news
    Help centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
  • FAQ
IMDbPro

Haute Sécurité

Original title: Lock Up
  • 1989
  • 13
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
49K
YOUR RATING
Haute Sécurité (1989)
Home Video Trailer from Artisan
Play trailer2:21
4 Videos
99+ Photos
Prison DramaActionCrimeDramaThriller

With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.

  • Director
    • John Flynn
  • Writers
    • Richard Smith
    • Jeb Stuart
    • Henry Rosenbaum
  • Stars
    • Sylvester Stallone
    • Donald Sutherland
    • John Amos
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    49K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Flynn
    • Writers
      • Richard Smith
      • Jeb Stuart
      • Henry Rosenbaum
    • Stars
      • Sylvester Stallone
      • Donald Sutherland
      • John Amos
    • 109User reviews
    • 48Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

    Videos4

    Lock Up
    Trailer 2:21
    Lock Up
    Lock Up: Maybelline Car (UK)
    Clip 3:41
    Lock Up: Maybelline Car (UK)
    Lock Up: Maybelline Car (UK)
    Clip 3:41
    Lock Up: Maybelline Car (UK)
    Lock Up: Prison Torture (UK)
    Clip 4:25
    Lock Up: Prison Torture (UK)
    Lock Up: Prison (UK)
    Clip 2:54
    Lock Up: Prison (UK)

    Photos160

    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    + 153
    View Poster

    Top cast33

    Edit
    Sylvester Stallone
    Sylvester Stallone
    • Frank
    Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland
    • Warden Drumgoole
    John Amos
    John Amos
    • Meissner
    Sonny Landham
    Sonny Landham
    • Chink
    Tom Sizemore
    Tom Sizemore
    • Dallas
    Frank McRae
    Frank McRae
    • Eclipse
    Darlanne Fluegel
    Darlanne Fluegel
    • Melissa
    William Allen Young
    William Allen Young
    • Braden
    Larry Romano
    Larry Romano
    • First Base
    Jordan Lund
    Jordan Lund
    • Manly
    John Lilla
    • Wiley
    Dean Rader-Duval
    • Ernie
    • (as Dean Duval)
    Jerry Strivelli
    • Louie Munafo
    David Anthony Marshall
    David Anthony Marshall
    • Mastrone
    Kurek Ashley
    Kurek Ashley
    • Chink's Gang
    Michael Petroni
    • Chink's Gang
    Danny Trejo
    Danny Trejo
    • Chink's Gang
    Frank D'Annibale
    • Guard
    • Director
      • John Flynn
    • Writers
      • Richard Smith
      • Jeb Stuart
      • Henry Rosenbaum
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews109

    6.448.5K
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10

    Featured reviews

    7fiera121

    Great movie, strong plot ~ very entertaining!

    I often find myself disagreeing with the critics, but in this case I am in agreement with the other reviewers on this page... This is a terrific movie, pure entertainment. I am frankly tired of so many modern movies that are nothing but violence, nudity and special effects. Well, this movie is not one of them -- it actually has a good plot. Oh, what a rare treat!

    The best acting is not Stallone's (no surprise there) but that of Donald Sutherland's portrayal of the sadistic and bloodthirsty prison warden. And the scene with the Mustang nearly made me cry.

    If you haven't yet seen this film... What are you waiting for? You're missing what is probably Stallone's best films! Run, don't walk, to your nearest video store! :-)
    6claudio_carvalho

    Shallow, Flawed but Entertaining

    The mechanic Frank Leone (Sylvester Stallone) is a model inmate in a low security prison and has only six months to serve. He intends to spend the rest of his life working in his garage and with his beloved girlfriend Melissa (Darlanne Fluegel). Out of the blue, Leone is brutally transferred during the night to the maximum security Gateway Prison without any explanation. Soon he learns that Warden Drumgoole (Donald Sutherland) is the responsible for his transference.

    Leone had been sentenced to Treadmore Prison after beating the punks that hit his mentor and friend that taught him his profession of auto mechanic. When his mentor was dying, he asked permission to Drumgoole to go to visit his friend but the request was denied. Leone fled from Treadmore and his lawyer went to the press to expose Drumgoole's behavior. The result was Leone in a minimum security prison and Drumgoole sent to Gateway. Now the warden is seeking revenge and will do anything to keep Leone behind bars.

    "Lock up" is an entertaining prison drama full of action with Sylvester Stallone after the successful Rambo trilogy. The story is flawed and shallow, and the viewer shall not think how a prisoner is transferred the way Frank Leone is and his lawyer simply does not exist in the story. The characters are not well developed and there is no explanation for the sadistic behavior of the prison guards. However this type of movie is not to think and entertains. My vote is six.

    Title (Brazil): "Condenação Brutal" ("Brutal Conviction")
    roland-27

    Emotional with great performances

    Sly Stallone hit gold with this seriously under rated film. This is surely Stallone's best films with Cliffhanger and Demolitian Man following.

    There are superb performances from the main man and his supporting characters like Donald Sutherland(the assignment), Tom Sizemore(enemy of the state), John Amos, Sonny Landham(predator) and Danny Trejo(desperado).

    The story is gritty and involving, and the best scene is Sizemore's last bid for Stallone's friendship. Watch it and you'll know what I mean.

    This a great film. Do not miss it. Rating=4/5
    7videorama-759-859391

    Lock in on Sly

    Off the bat, straight away, let's disregard those acting razzie's, unjustly earned. The thing about Lock Up, it's a fresh movie turn for Stallone, in between his bigger films. This one's not written by him, and like me, you'll see why he can act on emotional levels, as a low security prisoner, put away for a minor offence, whose last six months are upgraded to ones of hell, when he's transferred to a s..thole of a prison, run by a vengefully vindictive warden (Sutherland) really good, who's really got one hell of a score to settle with Stallone, which involves his standing of work place. He's not Stallone's only problem, as corruption seems to run high, through the not so through nice prison officers, some of the most merciless you'll see, as their treatment of Stallone, almost got to be too much. There are some tender, and thankfully gentler moments, as in Stallone's girlfriend (Fluegel, perfect) who really becomes a beacon of shining light, near the end, in that intimate visit, among the hell Stallone,has endured. The uncompromising officer make the ones in Chained Heat look tame. The other nicer moments, ones I really liked, were Stallone and score of buddies hanging out in the auto repair shed, really bonding, where convict, Sizemore's admittance, becomes quite a twist or a bad aftertaste. Sutherland's intention of course, is to break Stallone, and keep him there for an indefinite period. I really liked John (Good Times) Amos as one of the better, more humane, yet still stout headed guards, and his presence in this film, is a much welcomed grace. This is not your typical shoot em' up Stallone film, and there are some Rocky moments int his, but it does make a change of pace with an interesting structured story and really good performances from really capable actors, Sutherland's, you won't forget easy. Great cover poster and end credit song, make for great night, near two hour viewing. Go Sly.
    macnjnc

    Very under rated Stallone movie, whose storyline accurately fits his acting credentials.

    Lock Up I feel is one of Stallone's better movie's. The storyline seems to fit the acting character of Stallone very well. Sutherland's depiction as the Warden "Drumgroole" also was excellent. As always, Stallone seems to epitomize struggle in movies very well. In the movie Stallone is a convict just trying to ride his time out, but the warden makes it very hard on him. John Amos also depicts the caring but hard as nails Prison guard "Micon" very well. In my opinion Lock Up is a Top Level Stallone film, and didn't get nearly the credit it deserved. I certainly would recommend this film. One word that can describe this film would be "EMOTIONAL" If you like a tough, gritty prison movie, then you will certainly like Lockup.

    More like this

    Tango & Cash
    6.4
    Tango & Cash
    Assassins
    6.3
    Assassins
    L'expert
    5.6
    L'expert
    Over the Top - Le bras de fer
    5.8
    Over the Top - Le bras de fer
    Cobra
    5.8
    Cobra
    Daylight
    6.0
    Daylight
    Cliffhanger : Traque au sommet
    6.5
    Cliffhanger : Traque au sommet
    Compte à rebours mortel
    5.3
    Compte à rebours mortel
    Rambo III
    5.8
    Rambo III
    F.I.S.T
    6.4
    F.I.S.T
    Les Faucons de la nuit
    6.3
    Les Faucons de la nuit
    Copland
    7.0
    Copland

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Director John Flynn has said of this movie, in a 2005 interview with Harvey F. Chartrand for Shock Cinema: "Haute Sécurité (1989) is a strange lesson in how Hollywood movies are made. Stallone had a 'window' which means the guy was available for a certain window of time. Larry Gordon [Lawrence Gordon] had a terrible script set in a prison. Stallone calls James Woods and asks if I'm any good as a director. Woods says yeah, he's a good director and you ought to work with him. So we have a director and a star, but no script. All we have is a theme - a guy escaping from prison. So we hire Jeb Stuart, who was then one of the hottest writers in Hollywood, to rewrite the script and we go off looking for prison locations. Now we have a star, a theme, a shooting date, a budget, a studio, but we still have no script. So we all go back to New York City, and move into a hotel where Larry 'tortures' Jeb and Henry Rosenbaum into writing a script in record time. Meanwhile, I'm going around scouting prisons. We finally found one in Rahway, New Jersey. Jeb and Henry were writing the script as we were making the movie. New pages would come in every day. There was one day when I was on the third tier of a cell-block in Rahway Penitentiary and I had nothing to shoot. I had my movie star, all these extras and a great location - and the pages were on their way. So we sat around and bullshitted with the prisoners. Stallone is a smart guy and a very underrated actor. If I ever needed a better line, he'd come up with one. Stallone is a really hard worker. I had no problem whatsoever with him".
    • Goofs
      When Frank Leone is quickly forced out of his tiny jail cell his pants are not on, but as he appears out of the cell his pants are on.
    • Quotes

      Eclipse, Dallas, others: [after the re-building of the Mustang] When we're in a sober mood, we worry, work and think. When we're in a drunken mood, we gamble, play and drink. But when our moods are over, when our time is come to pass, we hope they bury us upside down, so the warden can kiss our ass!

      Dallas: Amen!

    • Connections
      Featured in Chuck Norris vs. Communism (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      VEHICLE
      Written by Jim Peterik

      Performed by The Ides of March

      Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

      by arrangement with Warner Special Products

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    FAQ

    • How long is Lock Up?Powered by Alexa

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • August 30, 1989 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Condena brutal
    • Filming locations
      • Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • White Eagle
      • Carolco Pictures
      • Gordon Company
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    • Budget
      • $24,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,099,847
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,025,520
      • Aug 6, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $22,099,847
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Haute Sécurité (1989)
    Top Gap
    What is the Japanese language plot outline for Haute Sécurité (1989)?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.