Lock Up

Synopsis: Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): John Flynn
Production: Live Home Video
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
17%
R
Year:
1989
109 min
424 Views


- Excuse me.

- Yeah?

I'm looking for a mechanic.

Anybody here fit that description?

I might be able to help you.

What do you need?

I have to get it fixed right away. I need

someone who knows what they're doing.

I'm not that busy.

So, what's the problem?

I'm not sure. Maybe you ought to

get under the hood and check it out.

Yeah, maybe I better.

Looks okay from here.

Great customer service.

Little bit of cleaning,

little bit of paint...

...this place will be ready

for business.

About time for me to play

in the Super Bowl.

Those guys are gonna take you apart.

Okay, we're gonna do it this time!

Ready?

- Okay, ready?

- Yeah!

Hike!

To the left. You can do it. Cut back.

Here it comes.

All right!

Okay, suckers walk. Suckers walk.

Hey. Hey, suckers walk.

Go on. Suckers walk. Come on.

Suckers walk!

- Hey, Frankie, what's that mean?

- It means everything's okay.

So how do you think I did?

Pretty good with the sixth graders.

You really know how to make a guy

feel great, you know that?

What's the matter?

We don't look too happy today?

I'm missing you already.

Pretty soon you'll be so sick

of seeing me...

...you'll pray to have some time

on your own. You know that?

- I don't believe you.

- Yeah, believe it.

Now that's Italian.

- I gotta go.

- No. No.

- I gotta go. Yes. Yes.

- No. No.

So I'm not so good against 10-year-olds?

I should try a different sport?

Yeah, golf.

- Golf?

- Yeah.

- Wanna see my swing?

- I'd like to see you in whites.

- Some swing.

- You see me on the golf course?

You're lucky I have a sense of humour.

I would take that personal.

Time to go to work.

- All right, be good.

- Bye.

Wait a minute.

I got something for you.

What's this?

It's supposed to bring you luck.

It's nice.

Thanks.

I could use it.

- How'd it go, Frank? Good furlough?

- The best.

- Did you see that game?

- I have to admit, I missed it.

- It was awesome.

- Was it?

- Yes. You missed a good one.

- I missed a good one?

- I had more fun than you this weekend.

- I bet you did.

Here you go, Roger.

- How's the diesel running, Jimmy?

- Forget it. It stops, it stalls.

- It don't go.

- You got water in the fuel line.

Open your mouth.

- You sure?

- I'd bet time on it.

- Take it off.

- All right.

I'll see you later, Jimmy.

- I'll give you more starch next time.

- Yeah, do that.

Say hi to the wife.

How you doing there, man?

Frank! What'd you bring me?

Here you go. Go kill yourself.

- I thought you'd bring me a girl.

- I had one...

...but the guards decided to keep her.

I can't depend on you.

Let me ask you something else.

- Did you go see the garage?

- It's beautiful.

- No garage I ever stuck up was beautiful.

- This one is.

Can I tell you something?

I'm getting out soon. I don't come cheap.

But you know I know my way

around cars. You need help, call me.

- I fix them, I don't steal them.

- I was framed.

What? I was framed.

- What is this, Jimmy?

- I don't know, but it's official.

Crack 210.

- On your feet, Leone.

- What do you want?

- Take him.

- What are you doing here?

- You're being transferred.

- Transferred where?

- That's not necessary.

- Step back! He's in our custody now.

You got the wrong guy!

Transferred where?

Talk to me. Where am I going?

- Get in there now!

- Where am I going?

Hey!

Where are we going?

Hey! Talk to me!

Let's go, Leone. Come on!

- Get his ass out here!

- Come on, get out!

- Where the hell are we? I wanna know!

- Shut up!

You got the wrong man!

You made a mistake!

There's no mistake.

Welcome to Gateway, Leone.

- Drumgoole?

- That's Warden Drumgoole, convict.

- Captain.

- Move him!

Move your ass!

Let's go. Come on!

You'll be issued one bar of soap,

two rolls of toilet paper per month.

Somebody steals...

Turn your ass around!

Somebody steals them, or you lose

them, wipe your ass with your shirt.

You have one uniform.

Your number is 5-1-0. Remember it.

This is C-wing. You will eat, shower

and take your yard time with your wing.

There's 6 counts a day. Miss one,

you're in the hole. Miss two...

...I will put you in the house of pain.

Convict...

...two things.

One:
I am Meissner.

Two:
Never f*** with Meissner.

Inside.

- Sir, what about the cuffs?

- Let him get used to them.

You better watch your back, man!

Come on, guys. Let's go.

Nineteen-one.

Nineteen-one! Crack it!

Oh, yeah, you better not

eyeball me, boy.

How were your accommodations last

night? Like your mama used to do you?

- You did his mama, didn't you?

- Twice.

Hey!

Open the door! You hear me?

Hello, Frank.

In the old days, the warden would've

come down that private passageway...

...to this execution chamber to witness

the putting to death of a criminal.

in that chair before it was retired.

Beautiful, isn't it? When I came here,

it was falling apart. I restored it...

...put it back into working order to

remind me of how things ought to be.

It's nearly five years since you

escaped from Treadmore.

- Time flies when you're having fun.

- In all my years as warden there...

...you're the only one who escaped.

- So I read in the papers.

Yes, you did.

You and your lawyer saw to it...

...that everything made it

into the papers. The media.

Distorting the facts,

making a criminal into a hero...

...and a warden into a criminal.

You took my future away from me.

You and those politicians. They sent

you to Norwood. That's a country club.

I ended up here in Gateway,

the worst sh*t-hole in the system.

You don't remember, do you?

I asked you.

No, I begged you, Drumgoole.

Do you remember that?

I had two weeks before I was released.

I asked for one hour to visit...

...with that old man before he died.

- I was doing my job.

There's a lot of ways to do your job!

You could've given me an escorted leave,

could've had armed guards.

You broke the law.

You broke the law, and I was punished!

- I got five years. I paid my debt!

- Not to me. But you're going to.

I've only got six months left

on my sentence.

In Gateway,

six months could be a lifetime.

This is hard time. You have no rights

here unless I give them to you.

You feel no pleasure unless

I tell you you can. This is hell...

...and I'm going to give you

the guided tour.

Okay, tough guy. Open your mouth.

Roll your tongue around.

You trying to kiss me, huh?

Let me see your ears.

What are you looking at, a**hole?

- You check his nose?

- Checked it.

Good.

This is a delousing chamber.

Don't breathe.

X ylon-profic gas can be harmful to

your lungs. Stand with your legs apart...

...arms out and away from your body.

When I tell you, take a deep breath.

Hold it for 30 seconds.

Start now.

Ten seconds.

Not yet. He can take more.

Braden...

...you'll learn that inmates are physically

more capable than you could imagine.

If you underestimate them...

...it will cost you dearly.

Watch out for the birds.

- What the hell you doing?

- Sorry.

Yo, Billy, get that weight.

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