"Autobots, Decepticons, like little children. Always fighting. Making a mess of the universe. Then I got to clean it up. There is only one way you survive; tell me where he's hiding. Where is Optimus Prime? [...] Never is here."
- Lockdown to Ratchet
Lockdown is the main antagonist of the 2014 film Transformers: Age of Extinction.
He was an assassin and bounty hunter working for the Creators from the live-action film series continuity family. In some media, he is depicted as the same character as another Lockdown.
History
Titan Comics
Lockdown was originally a Decepticon, who had a sideline as bounty hunter and hired killer. As mentioned in Locked In, Lockdown claimed the bounty on the Coseem crime gang's boss.
Five years before the Battle of Chicago, Lockdown was part of a three man team consisting of himself, Drift, and Knucklehead, trying to capture an Autobot fortress. Drift and Knucklehead wanted in claim it with minimal bloodshed, but Lockdown preferred a more destructive solution. After they sneaked in, Lockdown disobeyed orders, and killed the prisoners anyway. Drift stopped him, giving a gleeful Lockdown the chance to claim the guy was a traitor and kill him off. Knucklehead and Drift sent him down into a molten moat, swearing revenge on them both. However, he couldn't actually kill them while Megatron was still in charge.
Age of Extinction
Lockdown was hired by the creators to capture Optimus Prime and bring him to them and kill any Autobots who refuse to give up his location. He is first seen hiding underwater watching the humans attack Ratchet. He then shoots Ratchet in the chest. He offers to let Ratchet survive if he tells where Optimus Prime is. Ratchet didn't tell him, and Lockdown finishes him by ripping out his spark, killing him instantly. He is later seen attacking Optimus as he tries to escape the military. He is seen again when he attacks Optimus while he was fighting Galvatron. Lockdown captures Optimus. While he was aboard, Optimus ended up escaping without Lockdown knowing. He goes down to Hong Kong and battles with Optimus. During the fight, he impales Optimus with his own sword, and just as he is about to finish him, Bumblebee and Cade battle Lockdown as Tessa and Shane pull the sword out of Optimus by pulling it out with the help of a pickup truck. During this, Lockdown then takes down Bumblebee, and was going after Cade, but before he could kill him, Optimus stabs him on the back and whacked him through the head when he didn't see it, and he was killed.
Alternate Timeline Fates
Toy bios
As one of the most feared bounty hunters in the universe, Lockdown captures and collects every prize he tracks in his massive prison ship. Few of his targets have managed to outmaneuver him, and even fewer have escaped his jails. Now that he has come to Earth, Lockdown is setting his sights on the Autobots.[1]
Video Games
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
Allies and Enemies
Allies
Enemies
- Humans
- Autobots
Weapons
- Face Cannon
- Spark extractor gun
- Hook
- Shoulder-mounted missile launchers
- (hand-held) Laser cannon
- Metal Transfiguration Grenade
- The Seed
Gallery
To see more images go to: Lockdown/Gallery
