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• Drama

• 2014
• Steven Knight
• 81 mins
• 15

Summary

Drama starring Tom Hardy. A weary construction engineer is forced to drive through the night from Birmingham to London, all the while bouncing between phone calls that reveal dangerous cracks in his personal and professional life.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Karen Krizanovich

Tom Hardy gives the performance of a lifetime as a construction foreman caught in emotional turmoil in this self-contained tour de force written and directed by Steven Knight, who also wrote Dirty Pretty Things and TV's Peaky Blinders. Shot almost completely inside a car on the motorway, this slice of real-time drama is an unexpectedly thrilling treat. Hardy plays against type as Ivan Locke, who speaks with a heavy Welsh accent, wears a jumper and cares deeply about his wife, kids and job. Driving from work one evening, before he is scheduled to manage the biggest concrete pour in European history, he fields a stretch of angst-filled phone calls (evocatively performed by a cast that includes Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott and Olivia Colman). Each interaction ratchets up the pressure as he is determined to do the right thing in response to a life-changing problem. Locke is a rare hero in modern cinema, a moral action man and blazing beacon of heroic normalcy. As well as that, he's a paean to calm - despite the mounting pressure, he always keeps to the speed limit. A milestone film for both actor and film-maker, Locke is extraordinary viewing.

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7.1/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameIvan LockeTom HardyBethanOlivia ColmanKatrinaRuth WilsonDonalAndrew ScottGarethBen DanielsEddieTom Holland (2)SeanBill MilnerCassidyDanny WebbSister MargaretAlice LowePC DavidsLee Ross

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rolenameDirectorSteven Knight

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Theatrical distributor

Lionsgate

Released on

2014-04-18

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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