{"id":4359,"date":"2014-04-16T22:25:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T21:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2014-07-22T22:50:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T21:50:47","slug":"locke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2014\/04\/16\/locke\/","title":{"rendered":"Locke"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3233\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Locke.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4359]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Locke-594x334.jpg?resize=474%2C267\" alt=\"Locke\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3233\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Locke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"left\">\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<B>Format:<\/B> Cinema<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Release date:<\/B> 18 April 2014<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Distributor:<\/B> Lionsgate<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Director:<\/B> Steven Knight<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Writer:<\/B> Steven Knight<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Cast:<\/B> Tom Hardy<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\nUK, USA 2013<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n85 mins\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Steven Knight\u2019s second film in one year \u2013 the first was the Jason Statham thriller <i>Hummingbird<\/i> \u2013 is a brilliant minimalist piece of <i>cin\u00e9ma de chambre<\/i>, in this case the chamber being the titular protagonist\u2019s car. Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) is driving alone from Birmingham to Croydon, away from his his wife and two teenage sons, from his work as a senior site supervisor on a huge building project, and from his life as he knows it so far. Armed only with the car phone, some tissues and cough medicine for his head cold, Locke attempts to repair the damage even as he is doing it. Boasting a wonderful performance of unshowy maturity by Hardy and driven by a superbly detailed script by Knight, <I>Locke<\/I> is a film that is never hampered by its own rigorously applied confines. <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\"><i>Locke<\/i> will be released in the UK on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download on 25 August 2014.<\/div>\n<p>The emotional moments are hard won and brilliantly delivered. Although credit should also be given to the vocal presence of Ruth Wilson, Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott, Hardy carries the weight of the film with aplomb. To add to the difficulties of holding the screen on his own for the duration of the film, he also adopts a Welsh accent, which is entirely in keeping with the character, who makes poetry out of hard work and who desperately struggles to maintain his values and integrity even when they will effectively destroy him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">This review was first published as part of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2013\/10\/21\/venice-international-film-festival-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">Venice 2013<\/a> coverage.<\/div>\n<p><I><B>John Bleasdale<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the trailer:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MyoO35P41YM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Knight\u2019s second film as writer-director is a brilliant minimalist piece of <i>cin&#038;#233ma de chambre<\/i>.<br \/>\n<I><B>Review by John Bleasdale<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[861],"class_list":["post-4359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-cinema-releases","tag-steven-knight"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/surUP-locke","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1896,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2011\/08\/12\/the-taqwacores\/","url_meta":{"origin":4359,"position":0},"title":"The Taqwacores","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"August 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A bracing stroll through an emergent American Muslim punk sub-culture. 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