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Locke

(3,100)7.11 h 24 min2014X-RayR

On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul. Directed by Steven Knight (EASTERN PROMISES, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS).

Directors: Steven Knight

Starring: Tom Hardy Ruth Wilson Olivia Colman

Genres: Drama

Subtitles: English [CC]

Audio languages: EnglishEnglish [Audio Description]

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Supporting actors: Andrew Scott Tom Holland Bill Milner

Producers: Steve Squillante David Jourdan Joe Wright Paul Webster Guy Heeley

Studio: A24

Rating: R (Restricted)

Content advisory: Violencesexual contentdrug usefoul language

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James C Smith

Highly Exceptional

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2019

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Through the course of a 2-hour drive, a man's entire life falls utterly apart, yet in perhaps a more important aspect, that same man finds an internal triumph.

Very few actors can pull off this role, and Tom Hardy nailed it. Him, behind the wheel, making and getting call after call, as he drives to face the fruit of his dark secret. A man, that in order to truly do that which is right, risks throwing away all that he has previously worked to gain.

The voice actors in this film were excellent, too.

This is one of the best "people" movies that I've seen in a long time.

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froghillfarmTop Contributor: Makeup

Love Hardy, but plot not remotely believable

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2020

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I've loved Tom Hardy since Star Trek Nemesis (20yrs ago!) I'm a huge fan & his performance was great, it's just the plot is so unbelievable. It's really a 2.5 stars, but I do love Hardy!
Spoilers ahead, so sorry!

First off being a woman in my 40's, I'm also a Registered Nurse, you would never let a high risk pregnancy & labor/delivery "marinate" that long - anyone over 40 is a high risk, she went into labor 2 entire months early, that is having severe pain in her chest, with the umbilical cord around the baby's neck, is a bona fide EMERGENCY! They would never fart around for nearly 2 hrs making ridiculous phone calls & worried that the Mom seemed upset - of course she is, but their actual lives matter more!!! I could barely stand listening to the hospital calls & Bethan. Generally there is already some kind of plan in place so the Mom is well informed about everything that could possibly go wrong during the pregnancy! This makes me question the research of the writer/director & NHS in the UK! The NHS couldn't possibly be that incompetent, there would be no children in England!

Locke apparently also has no freaking clue how serious pregnancy & labor & delivery is for a high risk pregnancy (& also for a first time Mom who is 43). Bethan also sounds too dimwitted to even be employed, or sexually attractive! (I wonder how much my husband would appreciate me having drunken pity sex with a pathetic church mouse, it's a laughable reason to cheat!) While he eventually did the right thing, it took him 6-7months to do it, so losing everything is kind of expected at this stage in his life. I also did not understand why Donal was drunk at work! Is that normal there? The work problems also seemed overly dramatized & petty & Locke could've sorted them out himself! I've never had a job where the "boss" didn't have a least one, but usually more trusted people, working under them that could competently fill in for them in an emergency. Even something "historic"! His talking to his loser father was strange too, does anybody actually do that?? Just knowing you're better than your parent's is good enough, it doesn't redeem him in my eyes anyway just being at the birth - it's the lifetime that truly matters. And expected to drop everything for an early, emergency c section birth! Any reasonable woman, especially a one night stand, would probably understand the guy cares, but he has a job he absolutely needs, so he can care for ($$$) their little miracle (& it is an impossible miracle). She's going to be exhausted anyway, there's no reason he couldn't have come in the morning after "the pour".

The movie was very slick & Tom Hardy is beautiful & believable to watch, but sadly it is not as great as the hype. Oh & how can he see driving on a highway at night reading his paperwork? Extremely unsafe too!

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Danielle

Pay no mind to the nay sayers. This film is brilliant.

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2016

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Going through the 1star reviews after watching this film, I found a whole bunch of people who are uninterested and/or bored by the premise of a man forced by circumstances of his own making to realize he doesn't have things as under control as he thought. Don't mind them. They are probably uncomfortable with the idea of true introspection and don't want to expend the effort of deeper, more analytical thinking.

I found the film to be riveting. The transformation Hardy goes through emotionally is reflected in his face as he becomes more and more haggard. He literally "had it all" and ends up losing it all. To see him proverbially grasping at straws as things careen further and further out of the control he thought he had was (for me) heartbreaking.

It's true that the entire film takes place with Hardy driving the car. Literally everything happens in this car. There's limited movement and interaction because of that. If you are expecting something else to happen you will probably be bored and disappointed, like the 1star reviewers. But if you can appreciate a performance showcasing a dynamic range of emotion and reaction that is intensified by being confined to one space, you will likely enjoy this film.

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GHD

The Rarest of Things

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2015

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Among the best films of 2014, LOCKE is a perfect example of what can be done with great writing, good craftsmanship and a superb actor. It is quite simply, unforgettable. It is also the antidote to an industry that is all too often in the thrall of bloated CGI extravaganzas, blithely destroying American cities and filling our screens with emptiness. This is the simple and powerful story of a man trying to make himself "good." As bland as that may sound to some, it is, in truth, the rarest of things: an edge-of-your-seat film about morality. It is what the art form can do when it is at its best.

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J. E. Harris

Tom Hardy won the LA Film Critics Best Actor award for his performance in this film

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2016

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Tom Hardy won the LA Film Critics Best Actor award for his performance in this film. Why he was not nominated for the Best Actor Oscar that year is amazing. It was a very competitive year, and many fine performances were left out, but this should been one of them. This is a flawless performance. Made even more difficult because Hardy is the only person in the film. Every emotion, however subtle is covered here, and Hardy never, for one moment, appears as if he's acting, even though you know he is. He has to keep things interesting, confined in a car, on his way to support a woman he had an affair with, who's now giving birth to his child. This all plays out as everything falls apart. He has had to tell his wife and family about the affair, so you know how that goes. Then, there's a large building project he's responsible for, and it's a very delicate project, so he's trying to deal with that, with one of his employees. I don't want to give too much away, but believe me, you want to see this film. It's never boring, even though, again, Hardy is the only person in the film. In some ways, it reminds me of the film Moon, which had another great performance built around a single actor, only there, the actor was playing himself in doubles. Tom Hardy, is by far, one of the best actors working today. It's only a matter of time before he wins an Oscar. SEE THIS FILM!!!!!

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S.M. Johnson

The one and only quite remarkeble Tom Hardy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2019

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Amazon tell me I bought this dvd in december 2017. That is quite a long time after i saw it in the cinema when it first came out.. I did not know the actor Tom Hardy then. I had been living in rural France for some years and when I came back to Blighty went down to the cinema I had always been to and there was the billboard which is the front cover of this dvd with lots of rows of 5 stars. So I went in to see the film. It changed my life in as much it changed my attitude to film. I have always said you can do anything on film. And there have been a large number of films that have been bigger more extraordinary and more exotic than anything that has gone before, One has been aware of money being thrown at the screen in handfuls, And then there is this. Tom Hardy. Sitting in the driving seat of a car driving down the motorway to London in the dark. By himself. Oh and he has a hands free phone and he rings people on the phone and people ring him. The whole action of the film takes place during this 2 hour journey, A crisis with his job, his family life his marriage and a woman with whom he had a one night stand. Written like this you would wonder how anyone would think you could make film of such a situation. Well I don't think you could unless the actor playing the sole part was Tom Hardy. He has talent beyond any film actor ever. An indefinable quality. The tension the emotion the characterisation the sheer class of this production is incredible. And we are talking about a character who is a rather humble not particularly intelligent man who has his own idea of what is the right thing for him to do to deal with a situation he has created. It is quite extraordinary and a total success.

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lynda

Outstanding

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2017

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Outstanding performance!!
For one man in a car talking on the phone while his world crumbles for an entire film, cannot be easy for any actor but Tom Hardy is absolutely mesmerising, hes wonderful to watch and to listen to.... Bravo!!

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Courage

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2021

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This video centres on one man and his car journey from his place of work in Wales to a hospital in London. On his way he speaks on the phone to people at his place of work, members of his family and the woman he is driving to visit who is about to give birth to his child. It is an account of a man trying to do the right thing even though in doing so he is risking his livelihood and his marriage.

alison (Ali)

5☆

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2021

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Anything with T.H gets 5 stars from me, he's so believable in each role. Don't know how he does it...

Carole Hultum

Not for me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2020

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Like watching paint dry. Not my cup of tea. Long drawn out and very boring

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