There are road movies, and there are road movies, and then there’s Locke; an 85-minute long film that takes place entirely inside (okay, with a few exterior shots of the car thrown into the mix) a previous generation BMW X5 (E70) driven by Tom Hardy’s lead (…obviously) character Ivan Locke.
We know it sounds hard to believe, but it is true and it is not an advertising gimmick on the behalf of the Bavarian company.
Tom Hardy, who has risen to fame through a number of roles, including Bane in the Dark Knight Rises and Eames in Inception, and will also star in the reboot of Mad Max in 2015, plays a Welsh building site manager named Ivan Locke.
According to the Wikipedia, “along the way, he settles personal and professional problems on his mobile phone while having imaginary conversations with his dead father”.
The movie opens in cinemas this April (2014). You can watch the first trailer in the video below the break.
By John Halas
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