2013 Directed by Steven Knight
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.
Locke is a single location film that takes place in real time. If ever there was a recipe for disaster it is with this type of film. It is unbelievably difficult to get right. More often than not films like this fail because of the constraints their own setting enforces upon them.
Locke understands this very well and does what it should do. Keep it simple. The plot is straightforward and related to us through phone calls and internal conversations Locke has with his dead father. We are presented with a calm and collected man who, at the beginning of the film, after some consideration decides to go right instead of left. He is going on a long drive and…
Locke is a film that I found far more compelling on paper than the results on screen. After Steven Knight’s failed and schizophrenic debut, Hummingbird, Locke is certainly an improvement but it feels like a glorified radio play stretched and poorly fitted into a medium that rarely makes the best use of its attributes.
On the brink of his biggest job of his career, Ivan Locke drives across the country and by the time he reaches his destination his carefully constructed life will be forever altered. Although the film has a high concept hook (the audience is locked in a car with the protagonist for the duration of the film) the story at its heart is deliberately ordinary as a…
I rarely will declare a rating right after I watch a film. Usually, I’ll log it, and let it drift around my subconscious for a day or more, and then usually not until I’ve thoroughly thought it through while compositing a review. Not Locke. I knew I considered it a masterpiece right away, and worthy of a full five stars.
Two handers are difficult to pull off, and that was only emphasized even further to me during my recent viewing of Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay’s performances in Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years. The success was the subtle depth that lurked beneath the banal that was encoded in the script, and perfectly realized by two experienced veterans at the peak of…
All of that vague dialogue just to find out it's only him having cheated on his wife? Nah.
Pro tip: just because it sounds like a cool concept doesn't mean that it actually is.
"do you know what they say about people that live life in the fast lane, don't ya? they do NOT live in FUCKING ENGLAND"
A pretty solid movie about how a man basically fucks up his life by driving a car.
It’s weird hearing Tom Hardy’s (natural?) accent. Makes him sound like some posh british gentleman.
I really don't understand why this film gets such a mediocre average score, yes if you're into action movies and big explosion's then this movie isn't for you, but look at it, it shows just how much range Tom Hardy has.
It's a story, which is slightly relatable, and you're watching how someone deals with that, what emotions a person has when they're put in this situation
Currently feeling some sort of bliss because Tom Hardy finally got to speak normally for the majority of a movie.
Thrilling, emotional, and inventive, Locke pulls off a wacky concept (a dude in a car talking about concrete for 85 minutes), and pulls it off with good writing and perfect pacing. Oh, and a phenomenal performance by Tom Hardy, but that one's a given.
I LOVED THIS MOVIE SO MUCH OMG. CAN'T BELIEVE I SPENT 80 MINUTES WATCHING TOM HARDY'S FACE ONLY. and I was hoping something bad would happen at the end but it didn't do that's why I also liked it. alsobIvan Locke be my sugar daddy pls???
Something about concrete
Basically sums up the movie.
I did not think concrete, a drive and a man's life falling apart for doing the right thing would actually keep me entertained. I also did not know that there could be so many different types of shots from, around, and near a car.
Pros: it was unique, I was intrigued by the drama, it was really pretty in a weird way. He is very good at maintaining himself.
Cons: his wife, his insanity that is never explained and it didn't leave me with huge moral questions like others A24 films have.
The ending was what I have come to expect from A24 which is no actual closure and no explanation for the future. However like I said before, this did not leave me with huge questions.
I recommend watching it but watch the first 15 minutes and then decide if you are bored or not.
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