A French court has ruled that Luc Besson’s 2012 film Lockout, starring Guy Pierce, was plagiarized from John Carpenter’s 1981 film, Escape From New York. As a result, Besson will have to pay Carpenter almost a half-million dollars.
Source: io9 – A French Court Has Officially Deemed Luc Besson’s Lockout a Rip-Off of Escape From New York