Review of Locke (2014) by Holly-Maree D — 03 Oct 2016

Locke is HIGH NOON for the 21st century.

I've never felt closer to a protagonist as this, sitting with him for this real time journey as he rotates the diamond of his life and shows us every fractured facet of the damaged jewel, fractures which he refuses to see. This is a powerful movie about an optimist who is literally in his own little world ploughing ahead in a perfect state of pure denial as all those around him run around like panicking chickens. the real heroics, we finally realise, are not in any actions or even results, but in the steadfastness, faith and utter control that Locke drives himself to deliver. And all through the telephone. Locke is the best film I've seen for months, and the most original film I've seen for years. It's a HIGH NOON for our generation.