Beystiman
It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
StyleSk8r
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Sarita Rafferty
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Billy Ollie
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Dark_Lord_Mark
Well I LOVED it.This movie was something small, I just happened to watch on a whim, and glad I did.It's about a washed up actor, Brody, and his need to resurrect his dead career. He wants to live the life of a cop for one day and he got more than he bargained for, as the cops he wanted to imitate, are in real danger.Low budget but still well shot. Some of the fight scenes and shooting scenes are really impressive. In an era with tons of CGI and mindless repetition, this was a refreshing movie I must say.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 9 out of 10. FUN, FAST MOVING, and SOME TWISTS along the way.
Wizard-8
It's pretty obvious where the movie "Gridlocked" got its inspiration from. The most obvious is the movie "Assault on Precinct 13", but there is also a good dash of the Michael J. Fox movie "The Hard Way" in the movie as well. Well, originality is a rare thing in movies nowadays, and I personally didn't mind seeing the same plot elements again as long as it was well made. And in the end, I did find the movie worth the rental fee that I paid. I will admit that the first third or so of the movie could have been a lot better - it's virtually action free, and it could have been accomplished in a lot less time than it actually took. But after that point, the movie does start to move a bit more briskly scene by scene. The last half hour or so is pretty much non stop action, and all of this action is very well done, exciting and brutal. While I don't think that the movie is the action masterpiece that some people have labelled it to be - as I said, the first third or so is pretty tedious - if you do stick it out, you will eventually be rewarded with enough good action to make it worth your while.
subxerogravity
Remember a movie called the Hard Way? Micheal J Fox plays a pampered movie star who goes on a ride along with a tough as nails New York City cop played by James Woods. Gridlocked is a lot like a remake of that movie.Updating the movie star to having to do the ride along in order to stay out of jail, Broody walker is a child actor trying to be an adult actor, somewhere between Lindsey Lohan and Justin Beiber, and his hard as nails street cop is a lot more tougher than James woods ( a lot bigger too) So this is the movie premise, but the film's plot seems to be a rip off of Die Hard (Like Die Hard in a special police task force armory). It's kinda funny considering Danny Glover plays a security guard in the place, even doing his famous line from Lethal Weapon.Best part of the movie is the great Stephen Lang who plays the antagonist in the film. I've become a huge fan of this man since he played the perfect soldier in Avatar. His purpose in the movie is to be a dark and gritty soulless villain whose purpose out weighs any lives that come across him.Adding to his perfect villain is the just as great Vinnie Jones who complements Lang as his lead henchman.Gridlocked could have been better. I feel it looses track as it tries to bounce back and forth from the Hard Way plot to the Die Hard plot and a few other plots in-between that change the focus on the film.http://cinemagardens.com
Tony Heck
"Do you even know who this man really is?" David Hendrix (Purcell) is a former leader of SWAT who is now working the streets. When troubled movie star Brody Walker (Hackman) needs to take part in a ride along to not only save his career but stay out of jail David agrees to take him. Personalities clash, but when the training facility is attacked David and the rest of the force must not only fend off the attackers, but deal with past issues that threaten everyone. There isn't really a whole lot to say about this movie. It is a predictable B action movie but does have some pretty good action and is entertaining all the way through. Purcell is becoming a pretty reliable movie star and his movies are usually exciting. This has shades of Assault on Precinct 13 but isn't quite as good. On the other hand with all of the low budget action choices this is definitely one of the better ones. Overall, nothing amazing and not anything to rush out and see, but it is entertaining and watchable. I've seen worse from this genre. I give it a C+.
