Locke – Review

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Locke starring Tom Hardy and directed by Steven Knight tells the story of a building foreman Ivan Locke on his journey from Birmingham to Croydon late at night. The film stars Tom Hardy… and Tom Hardy. Yes get ready for a feature length one man cast in a small confined space. Sound familiar? Of course it does but this film has Tom Hardy sporting a rather fine (coming from someone who has lived there for 5 years) South Wales accent.

Hardy is of course incredible as one would expect, the film is well shot and directed and how you can intersperse someones life falling apart against conversations about concrete for more then an hour let alone a whole film baffles me, however they did, and it works.

I did get immersed into the story, and did enjoy the film, in particular Hardy’s (well he is the only actor visible in the whole film) performance, however if you compare it against other one man films such as Phone Booth or even Buried, it doesn’t quite capture you in the same way, and at times can suffer from pacing issues.



Regardless the film is well worth a watch, and presents another solid performance from Tom Hardy.

3/5


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