This a low budget drama with Tom Hardy as the sole screen presence. The whole movie is filmed in a moving car.
As he takes to the road he is seemingly a man in control of his destiny, determined to do the right thing only for everything to slowly unravel. Through conversations on the phone he tries to negotiate and control crisis's.
With a premise of just one actor in a confined location it is testament to Hardy's acting ability that he can pull off such a taut, powerful performance solely based on reactions to the increasingly dramatic phone calls. Locke is unrelenting in his belief of doing the right thing and we see why when he has his "imagined conversations" with his father - these scenes in particular are beautifully shot with the use of Locke looking into the car mirrors for the man who isn't there.
It wastes very little of its short running time and overall is a captivating and rewarding film with a terrific central performance.
8
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