Director: Steven Wright
Starring: Tom Hardy
My Rating: Liked It
Budget: $2 Million
Box Office: $4.6 Million (according to wikipedia)
On the poster I have provided above, the first quote says, "One of the most nail-biting thrillers of the year." "Nail-biting" and "thriller" are two words that I absolutely would not use to describe Locke. Maybe the Brits just have different tastes than my American self. I definitely got into the story, but "gripping" and "nail-biting" are really pushing it.
Locke is a simple, real-to-life story; It takes place in a car with Ivan Locke during the worst night of his life. He's a well respected worker, husband, friend, and father, but he made a big mistake on one drunken night seven months earlier. Ivan seemingly has created a perfect life for himself, but during the span of the movie his life is completely torn down, yet he still remains calm and collected and is able to do the right thing.
The only reason that Locke gets a 4/5 from me is because of Tom Hardy. The film is competently made, no doubt about it, but you only see the inside/outside of a car for the whole movie, so Tom Hardy truly is the one reason to see Locke.