LOCKE (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises), Tom Holland (The Impossible), Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur), Andrew Scott (Sherlock), Ruth Wilson (Saving Mr. Banks), Ben Daniels (House of Cards), Alice Lowe (Sightseers), Bill Milner (Son of Rambow), Danny Webb (Valkyrie), Lee Ross (Goal!), Kirsty Dillon (Midsomer Murders), Silas Carson (Star Wars)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Steven Knight (Hummingbird), director, writer; Guy Heeley (True Love) and Paul Webster (Atonement), producers; Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone), composer; Haris Zambarloukos (Thor), cinematographer; Justine Wright (The Last King of Scotland), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

On a long drive from Birmingham to London, successful construction manager Ivan Locke (Hardy) settles personal and professional problems with various people on his mobile phone with bitterly tense results…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Taking place entirely within the confides of a car with only the ever-excellent Tom Hardy on-screen throughout the entire running time, Locke is a tense and original thriller with a solid lead performance by the rising British actor…

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH APRIL 2014

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