Locked is a breeze of a survival thriller that is elevated by the performances of Bill Skarsgård, who puts in superb work here, & Anthony Hopkins, who is mostly a disembodied voice throughout. May not hit all of its commentary on society but it mostly works.
On a technical level, it makes use of its mostly single location and director David Yarovesky, remaking his Argentinian 2019 action film 4x4 here, does a decent job generating tension with very little. One of those films that works best in the moment but maybe not when you get home to think about it too much.
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