Locke - The Moral Of The Story (Film Analysis) 

You're absolutely right man. I just saw that movie and it is amazing how a movie of a man in a car for 90 minutes can be so interesting. Good performance of Tom Hardy!

Wonderful wonderful performance from hardy. I think I read that there was some problem with the “low fuel” warning in the bmw which meant every time he heard the beeping and the phone went, his exasperated reaction is very very real. Loved this piece of drama.

God the cinematography in this movie is just gorgeous. The way the lights reflect in the windows of his car are so beautifully captured with interesting lenses.

My first look at Tom. A masterpiece. A triumph of film, of script, of acting, not to mention cue cards.... I guess to say it's a joy to watch might be the wrong word. I just love it.

My favourite movie ever. Great example of having integrity.

It’s incredible how a one person movie conducted in a car by a Welsh concreter walking off a huge moment in his job can be so mind blowing … it shows Tom’s method acting magnificence … lockes a good man and lost everything in the journey

Dude your analysis left out the suggested ambiguity in lockes character - that his strong morals can go a bit too far because he isnt a good guy for she sake of it, but because he is driven by his desire to show he is better than his dad was. He couldve had someone else join bethan despite her fragility, and he risked the whole pour, and with it his coworkers livelihood and the safety of the building to be built, with his impulsive decision to leave for the hospital. But his one great motive wasnt to be kind to bethan or to do the right thing, but to not treat his baby as he had been treated by his dad. You can also hear it in his weird affection for his work, which even his wife alludes to, calling into question whether he even loves her that much or if he just loves the idea of being a good family man while building a career his dad never couldve.

I saw this movie when it first came out and I immediately loved it. I think the film and Tom himself deserve more recognition than they get especially after all this time since it’s come out.

As a construction worker who was abandoned by his father at a young age & now I have kids of my own this movie spoke to me a lot. I don’t know Hardy’s background too much but he sure did a good job at portraying a man just like me if I was ever put in this position. Can’t believe he wasn’t at the very least nominated for an Academy Award for this it outdid everything that came out in that 2012/13 Oscars cycle.

Interestingly, he was neither at the concrete pour nor the birth of the child. In retrospect, he could have driven to the hospital after completing his obligation to his employer with no change in how things turned out.

Hands down the best performance of Hardy’s career, couldn’t agree more with you there. Btw dude this channel fucking slapps! Found it this arvo and haven’t got off it since. Ace work dude, keep it up! Also, as a suggestion for future content, there was a stonking BBC miniseries about the Iraq War called Occupation, staring Stephen Graham, Mark Nesbit, and Warren Brown. I’d love to see you do a breakdown on the different ideologies each three characters represent, and how the War affects them. And if you’ve not seen it, it’s a great excuse to watch it.

I saw this movie. It was a good movie.

Such a good movie well done such a brilliant performance

Gotta say. Great shout. The movie is awesome in so many ways. Much love

Locke did the morally “right” thing and I can respect why he did but my opinion is that lying is not only justified but sometimes necessary to navigate our complicated lives. What really resonated with me was when his coworker said “why didn’t you just say you were sick or something.” Some may have understood the reason why he left before finishing a huge project at work but generally employers will never empathize with the employee. Thus it is not only justified but it is was necessary for him keeping his job. Lying to his wife may have been morally corrupt but it could have at least potentially saved his marriage and spared his family from grief. Locke was not a serial cheater. He made one mistake, and sometimes it is unfair but we suffer our entire lives because of it. There were plenty of ways Locke could have went about this situation. I understood why he wanted to be there for the birth of his child, but in my opinion I don’t think it was vital that he had to be present for the birth. Perhaps he could have waiting until the important delivery and made a request to take a brief leave of absence afterward to be with the child. Maybe his wife would have found out eventually about the baby anyway. Locke’s actions in the film were honorable and morally correct, but in a practical sense he caused a net negative to not only his coworkers but to his family as well.

Locke made the worst decision. He screwed everyone including himself. He told the truth at terrible time and at the expense of everyone.

Мое мнение. Первое. Лок прожил практически чужую жизнь, старался быть примерным семьянином, хорошим работником. По сути всю свою жизнь доказывал своему отцу что он не такой, как он. Второе. Зачем Беттан сказала ему о беременности. Она хотела быть счастливой в таком возрасте. Она не спрашивала, а что хочет Айвон? А потом просто поставила его перед фактом. И третье : мужчины! держите брюки застегнутыми с малознакомыми женщинами в гостиницах, чтобы не портить себе жизнь. Всё.

Great analysis.... Keep bringing such great movies list.... I really feel like forming a community of such movies lovers.

Amazing movie

Such a thought provoking film. Tom is outstanding in this film. I felt so sad for him at the end because you can tell he's a thoroughly decent man. I was blown away by this unusual film.

Can't believe no one seems to have issues with Hardy's accent in this film. Bloody awful.

My dad died but he tried his best to be my father he didn't have a father but he tried his best to be the father he never had

damn, that line you said really hit me, and im not a "saying" type of dude. "what is your goal in life? do you try to avoid as much suffering as possible or to do whats right?" i see now how much being the former has ruined my life in the long run now. i hope i remember this.

Two comments. First, in some respects, this movie reminded me of Redbelt. Redbelt starred Chiwetel Ejiofor, and depicted the trials and tribulations of a righteous and honest man who was beset on all sides by evil, malevolence, deceit, and dishonesty. He made the right choices and he did the right things at every fork in the road and at the end of the movie, he was richly rewarded for it. Locke seems to depict an alternate path where a righteous and honest man slips and falls just once. He makes a bad choice, and he loses everything. These two movies together demonstrate that it is exceedingly difficult to build, and it is horrifyingly easy to destroy. Second, while I very much appreciated your analysis and while I think it was perfectly spot on, I think it was incomplete. I think you overlooked the most shocking irony of the film. At the intersection, Locke switches his blinker from left to right and in that moment he decides to place everything that he values and holds precious at risk so that he could be present for the birth of his child. Despite his efforts to make matters right with his wife, she throws him out of her life. Despite his efforts to make things right with the concrete pour, he loses his job. His wife and his job were precious to him, yet he was willing to place both of those things at risk so that he could be there when his child was born. At the end of the movie, however, his child is born without him being there and despite the drama surrounding his lover‘s labor and delivery, it was a successful delivery resulting in a healthy child demonstrating that he did not actually need to be there at all. In the end, he forfeited everything that was precious to him for naught. In an effort to slavishly and rigidly follow the path of righteousness, he turned his back on his two most crucial obligations for the sake of honoring a perceived obligation to a third person he had no real connection to, and in the end, this decision was entirely unnecessary, meaning that he lost everything for nothing. This certainly calls into question the wisdom of heroically and sanctimoniously following the truthful and moral path. Building on this last point, perhaps the ultimate irony here is that he was simply mistaken about what “the right thing to do“ actually was. He was, to some extent, blinded by his rage for his father for abandoning him in his childhood. In the grand scheme of things, his father’s abandonment actually worked out quite well. Ivan Locke had a wonderful life with a wife who loved him and children who adored him and a job where he was highly valued and highly respected and that he found highly fulfilling. By every measure, he was a success and his life was ideal. And he threw all that away because of the rage he felt stemming from his father’s abandonment and his (perhaps) mistaken belief that abandoning a child was per se wrong. In this instance, as demonstrated above, abandoning his new child, at least at the moment of birth, would have been so much better for all parties involved. This was obviously a case of “the right thing” actually being the wrong thing and the party making “the right choice” simply being misguided or blinded by hate.

Human more important than concrete, true more important than false, love more important than anger........even if a mistake is make we all have time to be nice and honest at any moment with people around us and deserve it. Love you always TOM HARDY A BEAUTIFUL MAN OUTSIDE❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ AND INSIDE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ is a MARVELLOUSMAN A REAL MAN 😍 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Cracking movie. Tom Hardy is a brilliant actor.

Locke is an underrated film. Compelling and heart felt. How he wasn’t even nominated for an Oscar for this is beyond me. Although one of my favorite Tom Hardy films is Stuart A Life Backwards with Benedict Cumberbatch. Just a gut wrenching, funny, thought provoking film.

I think most people misread it. This is about a person having a "daddy issue" who abandoned his child (his monologues with imaginary dad). All the wiser, logical and rational suggestions people are making in comments doesn't apply because the moment he heard he caused another human being like him (his child) to exist, he lost it and immediately got into a flight mode to "save" this child ultimately saving his own insecurity (to "fix" everything) so much so he couldn't see the reality he's distorting (family & work) inadvertently loosing everything.

Agree with the value of telling the truth. That said, he should have waited to tell his wife in person, at least, not over the phone. Also, his decision to be present at the birth isn't a rational one. It's driven by hatred of his father, and a desire to prove his superiority to that father. He could have missed the birth and still found a way to support the child later. He invested enormous symbolism in being physically present, projecting his own sense of deprivation from his childhood. He talked as though the baby would have a happier memory of its birth with him present, which shows he isn't actually being clearheaded on this point. On another point: It looks implied at the end that he is about to join up with a new family, by the necessity of his wife's rejection. Great film. Great for discussion.

This was so helpful and awesome. As Tom Hardy is one, if not my favorite actors of this decade. I didn't understand the true message behind the movie. I found it so hard to follow and understand & I think in part that was due to the accent he portraits throughout the film, but moreover, I didn't watch the beginning as closely and as soundly as I should have... But this explanation & expression was exactly what I needed. Thanks for the great explanation & keep up this sort of talented work. Definitely deserves a lot more gratitude than most will give. And as you said. I couldn't agree more. For most of us, it's so much easier to tell a lie than to just straight out tell the truth, and though it may seem easy to tell the truth, no matter the situation, until you're truly faced with something like this, something obviously fully life changing and life altering. You cannot tell yourself that you would be able to do what Tom Hardy did in this film, portraying the character of Ivan Locke. I'm going to have to watch this again now knowing the true message of the movie and really pay more attention to the beginning & make sure I watch it through with the understanding that he is having a child with another woman & is choosing the right path, the path of truth, rather than the path of lies & deceptions. Thanks again! I'm going to watch more of your videos! They're truly informative! And definitely help a person like myself better understand the true meaning / message behind a movie vs just watching it and thinking I know what's happening.

Question for the creator, what's your background?

Keep going bro 👍👍👍

You know these situations when something randomly crosses your mind and you wanna know more about it? Kinda happened to me. This movie popped back in my mind a few days ago for no reason whatsoever. I barely heard of it before and the only thing I knew about it was it's basically just Tom Hardy in his car. So i did a little research, found out it was pretty well received and decided: "You know what, might as well watch it." Holy Sh*t, was it a ride. Psychological dramas aren't for everyone (usually not a fan myself), understandably. And only having one actor on screen in the same location for an hour and a half is quite a huge gamble, but damn if Hardy didn't pull it off. It's an actor's job to make scenes feel real, and that performance hit hard. Honestly still don't know how to feel about it. Good summarization btw.

I love this film and the dedication of Ivan to the truth

Eventhough Tom did an amazin job on this movie, but because we know him as the vilian in most of his movies, for some reason (eventhough overall hes a good person in this character) you dont feel as bad for him as much as youre supposed to, he's just known as the bad guy. Overall this movie is a simple masterpiece that takes you on an emotianl rollercoaster with a person in a car driving for 80 mins. 9/10

It was So Cold Man 🔥... You start thinking the Lines again and again , you keep going into Depth more and Nore6.

I loved the movie and Hardy's performance but make no mistake his character IS a selfish idiot. Under the guise of being a stand up guy, he acted selfishly because of unresolved issues with his dad. Oh so the baby will have a father? His two sons dont anymore..

Everything about this movie can be described as pure excellence, and special mention goes to Tom Hardy's acting, which is superb.

I think what scene showcases his admiration as a character the most is when his boss asks him why he didn’t just call in sick. He’s very clearly dealing with a cold throughout the film. However, instead of taking the easy opportunity given to escape the truth, he faces it right on and endures the night. Underrated as hell

I wonder how many times the BMW broke down during shooting

i based my first short film, which was screened in France and nominated in the UK, on the movie Locke

The best BMW commercial of all time.

Great job

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This is a darn good review. I noticed it's kind of a pro life message as well. Which is rare in movies. I'm not a religious wacko, just an observation.

I have the same hatred for this trash movie as Ivan had for his father... it was a waste of my time🤬

Great video. I am rewatching it months later now.

I find it an interesting point of Ivan's character that he pretty much never said "I'm sorry" to anybody he talked to the entire movie, whether it was apologizing to his wife, children, Bethan, or colleagues.. he barely said "please" or "thank you" to anybody, especially Donal after everything he was doing for him. Even his son sounded confused when Ivan told him that he loved him before hanging up and if his son misheard him because he probably never tells him that.. very indicative he's likely a dick most of the time

His kids aren't sad because he "chose to tell the truth" his kids are upset because he made the choice to ruin his already family. His coworker being "incompetent" is irrelevant when the whole project is ruined, because you cheated on your wife. Note he never even mentions what's really happening to Donal. So honest. So praiseworthy. I don't get why this movie is so praised, why his character is so praiseworthy for honesty when the whole movie wouldn't be a thing had he yknow been honest to his already family. I don't even see any reviews saying that bethan was an unlikable character and while she's minimal and we don't see her, she was the driving force behind all of these decisions so her character deserves to be judged much harder than anyone has been doing. I honestly hated this movie. I understand why it's good from a technical perspective and Tom Hardy is a great actor, but the story itself is shite, the characters outside of Tom hardy are shallow, and everyone's motivations are senseless.

This movie was a true Poece of shit. The whole time I was expecting a twist and was utterly disappointed true garbage a waste of a good actor and a what could have been a good plot

No need to see the movie now. Thanks.

We all can understand his position as we will be going through the same shit someday or Another. Although we will not break the news to our spouse's

Locke is one of the greatest student films ever put to theaters. September 20, 2021, 12:51am

Olivia Colman (Bethan) gets second billing because she is the person for which Ivan Locke abandons everything else to see give birth, because he does not want to abandon his love child with her when his own father abandoned him. September 19, 2021, 1:47pm