So you’re telling me there’s a movie that stars Tom Hardy and only Tom Hardy and he’s on the screen for one hour and 24 minutes making phone calls the entire time? Wait a second. How in the hell did I not know this movie existed. And you’re telling me it was directed by the same guy who did Eastern Promises? Where in the hell was I in the year 2014? I’ve always wanted to see a movie of someone driving the entire time and if it could be pulled off. No, I’m serious, and it appears that movie exists. If you haven’t seen it, here’s the plot
The day before he must supervise a large concrete pour in Birmingham, construction foreman Ivan Locke learns that Bethan, a colleague with whom he had a one-night stand seven months previously, has gone into premature labor. Despite his job responsibilities and although his wife and sons are eagerly awaiting his arrival home to watch an important football match, Locke decides to drive to London to be with Bethan during childbirth. Locke never forgave his father for abandoning him as a child, and he is determined not to make the same mistake.
Over the course of the two-hour drive from Birmingham to London, Locke holds a total of 36 phone calls with his boss and a colleague, Donal, to ensure the pour is successful, with his wife Katrina to confess his infidelity, his son, and with Bethan to reassure her during her labor. During these calls, he is fired from his job, kicked out of his house by his wife, and asked by his older son to return home. He coaches his assistant Donal through preparing the pour despite several major setbacks, and has imaginary conversations with his father, whom he envisions as a passenger in the back seat of his car.
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