Locke

Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) has the perfect life – a loving family and a prosperous career as a construction manager, but a mobile call he receives whilst driving will shatter his life, resulting in the loss of his job, family and home.

Locke is an incredibly riveting, low-budget British film set entirely in a car at night, with the camera positioned mostly on Hardy’s face. The other characters including Locke’s wife, his boss and a few work colleagues are simply voices on the phone but very powerful and instrumental to the story.

The success of this film is reliant on Hardy’s performance. As the movie progresses, the intensity of the numerous situations escalate and Hardy utilises his versatility as an actor to brilliantly convey a roller-coaster of emotions.

There are consequences for decisions and the audience is sitting in the passenger seat enthralled, as this modern tragedy unfolds. (MM)

***1/2 /5