Suspense is making the audience wonder what will happen next. Usually, though, you know how the situation came to be, what events led up to this point. In 'Locke' we wonder what will come next, but we also can't figure what happened to bring us here, who this guy is. It's double-edged, twice as potent, and serves as a powerful dramatic engine.
This trailer could be a parody designed to make fun of productions that were forced to keep the action in a single location to save money and, being painted into a corner, ramp up the drama with every superficial trick in the kit. Here, though, Tom Hardy brings what looks to be a very sharp script by director Steven Knight (writer of Eastern Promises and director of Redemption) to life in a convincing way. It doesn't seem like a movie. Watching his performance there's a grinding curiosity about what this character has done to put him in such a dire predicament and what he intends to do to get out of it.
Trailer is excellent. Love the camera work by Haris Zambarloukos (Mama Mia, Thor).
Reviews are over-the-top yet focused, considered. Pretty much must-see.
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