ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Haven't seen Lockout, so may be off base here. But from reading the summary it sounds like the main similarity is: VIP (President/daughter) gets accidentally captured or trapped in a prison in an odd location (Manhattan/space) and has to be busted out by a badass dude (Snake/Snow). I dunno, that sounds like the main plotlines are indeed broadly similar but still seems weird to award damages for. A lot of movies that are X meets Y are about that similar to their inspirations. *shrug* Maybe I'm missing other places where they directly copied stuff, since I haven't seen it.
Also I'm just going to leave this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1JYDmo19to
I agree. Mr. Robot shares a lot of it's themes and plot with Fight Club but I wouldn't say Mr. Robot plagiarizes it. It's taking the same concepts and applying it under a different context.
I've never seen Lockout or Escape from New York (Yes I know, shame on me) so maybe it's justifiable but like you said the plot is used for a lot of other movies nowadays.