Locke 2013

If having a BMW means living a life like this, just keep it! Just shove it down your throat! Tom Hardy’s Ivan Locke reminds me of Alfie from Peaky Blinders. That same controlled intensity in the way he speaks. He sounds calm, almost composed, but underneath there is pressure and chaos building up. Just like Alfie, he uses words as his weapon. The rhythm of his voice carries authority, but also vulnerability. I honestly thought this would be boring. A guy just driving and talking on the phone sounds like nothing. But the conversations were engaging enough to carry me through the first and second act. Every call adds another layer of problem, another piece of his life falling apart. The third act though started to drag for me. And what made it worse is that I did not feel a strong emotional payoff at the end. Well he is a very honest and transparent man. He is trying so hard not to be like his father, trying to fix everything properly. But reality does not always cooperate. Not everything can be controlled. Control is just an illusion. This whole situation is honestly a nightmare. You got a woman pregnant who is not your wife and she is about to give birth. At the same time you have a huge responsibility at work the next day. This becomes the saddest road trip. Working from the car, ending a marriage from the car, becoming an absentee father from the car, and even getting fired from the car. In a weird way, I even think this is a better treatment of Drive (2011). It strips everything down to just a man, his decisions, and the consequences catching up to him.