It is what the art form can do when it is at its best. Amazon tell me I bought this dvd in december 2017. That he’s able to create so much drama while working with so little is a feat of economy. I kept wondering, if being there for the birth of his child was really that important.
In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative's memories, secrets, and skills are implanted into a death-row inmate in hopes that he will complete the operative's mission.
Tom Hardy. The whole movie is Tom's character Ivan Locke in his car talking to various people on the phone while his life is falling apart. The film was released as Hardy was exploding into mainstream Hollywood, a year after his turn as Bane in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. A control freak in a jumper, he is a meticulous master planner and an agent of his own destiny. An indefinable quality. Hardy adopts a lilting Welsh accent, delivering lines like “Do it for the concrete!” in earnest. Love this film!!!!
Pay no mind to the nay sayers. He has had to tell his wife and family about the affair, so you know how that goes.
Directed by Steven Knight (EASTERN PROMISES, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS).
Mainly though, it’s a one man show on the road; for the duration of the film, Hardy’s face is the only one we see on screen. Oh and he has a hands free phone and he rings people on the phone and people ring him. “This morning, I had a job, a wife and my children. It is quite extraordinary and a total success. Well I don't think you could unless the actor playing the sole part was Tom Hardy. The tension the emotion the characterisation the sheer class of this production is incredible. Cinematography absolutely spot on. Now all I have is this phone, and this car,” Ivan mourns. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2020. The plot, which revolves around a concrete pour, and takes place entirely within the claustrophobic confines of a slate grey BMW X5, is not exactly escapist fare for those negotiating the mundanity of life under lockdown. Why he was not nominated for the Best Actor Oscar that year is amazing. The actor was not yet Mad Max or Venom, and so it’s fun watching him so fully inhabit such an unshowy role, actorly seriousness uncorrupted by star power. I did not know the actor Tom Hardy then. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.
It is Friday night, after all. 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. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. His performance in this movie is outstanding and really the only reason why to watch this movie. Tom Hardy is probably my new favorite actor. It changed my life in as much it changed my attitude to film. Ruby is focused on trying to escape until Tom starts helping her to remember her past, then she begins to question everything. Continuing the series where writers recommend underappreciated films available to stream, a call to watch and admire Tom Hardy’s single-location masterwork, Mon 30 Mar 2020 10.50 BST Locke is available on Netflix in the US and Amazon Prime in the UK, Available for everyone, funded by readers. This website uses cookies to improve your user experience, according to our Terms and Conditions of Use, last updated on August 27th, 2020. Select the department you want to search in. This all plays out as everything falls apart. Hardy is bolstered by voicework from actors whose respective celebrity pedigrees have also since grown, including Bafta-winner Olivia Colman, Spider-Man’s Tom Holland, and Fleabag’s Andrew “Hot Priest” Scott, who is particularly dynamic as Ivan’s drunken second-in-command Donal. Don't mind them. Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2016. Hardy is Ivan Locke, a construction manager driving from Birmingham to London on a Friday night. 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. Ivan’s response to the chaos unfolding around him, all of which is of his own making, is exasperated but unfeeling pragmatism. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul. 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.
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. A young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death. However, if you are upset with it being basically a one man show with one scenery then skip it. 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. All rights reserved. Tom Hardy, is by far, one of the best actors working today.
Ruby wakes from a bad dream into a real life nightmare. A series of phone calls conducted over his car’s Bluetooth speaker reveal that Ivan is en route to the hospital, where an ill-advised one-night stand is about to give birth. By continuing to browse on this website, you declare to be aware of those conditions.
There's a problem loading this menu right now. It is quite simply, unforgettable. So I went in to see the film. They are probably uncomfortable with the idea of true introspection and don't want to expend the effort of deeper, more analytical thinking. “I’m in an Indian restaurant!” shouts council head Cassidy (Danny Webb), barely audible over the din of curry house chatter. 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. I have always said you can do anything on film. Ivan Locke has worked diligently to craft the life he has envisioned, dedicating himself to the job that he loves and the family he adores. 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. All taking place over the course of one absolutely riveting car ride. The film is a favourite of my friend Ashley Clark, the director of programming at arthouse cinema BamCinematek in Brooklyn, New York, who had scheduled a special screening as part of a series “On Solitude” and has described it as “the most keenly-observed film ever made about a strain of absurdly intransigent, peculiarly maudlin British masculinity”. Quickly browse titles in our catalog based on the ones you have picked. Tom Hardy won the LA Film Critics Best Actor award for his performance in this film.
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