Locked (2025)

	Directed by: David Yarovesky	COUNTRY USA GENRE Psychological thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Locked RUNNING TIME 96 minutes
	Produced by: Ara Keshishian Petr Jákl Sam Raimi Zainab Azizi Sean Patrick O'Reilly
	Written by (based on the Argentinian film 4x4): Michael Arlen Ross

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Eddie Barrish	Bill Skarsgård	½
William	Anthony Hopkins	½

Review

The setting is a luxury SUV, the budget is low, and the devices are Bill Skarsgård, Anthony Hopkins, and some cutting-edge automotive gadgets. Skarsgård breaks into and is subsequently locked in a car belonging to the disillusioned old misanthrope Hopkins, and the two soon become locked in a battle of wits. This remake of the 2019 Argentinian film 4x4 is able to tap into feelings of claustrophobia, exhaustion, dehydration, and starvation through Skarsgård's impressive physical performance. And we also get some quite interesting discussions on morality, framed as vigilante justice with an inverted angle. Despite this, Locked can never quite escape its small scope and predictable twists and turns. And for all of Sir Anthony's former power and splendor, his sadistic antagonist William here is more reminiscent of a cozy grandfather than of Hannibal Lector.