Movie · 2025 · Horror, Thriller · 1h 35m · R · English
Curator score: 0.9/10 (99K ratings)
No escape. No mercy. Just survival.
Overview
When Eddie breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap set by William, a self-proclaimed vigilante delivering his own brand of twisted justice. With no means of escape, Eddie must fight to survive in a ride where escape is an illusion, survival is a nightmare, and justice shifts into high gear.
Ratings
Curator score: 0.9/10
IMDb: 5.7/10
Letterboxd: 2.62/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 63%
Metacritic: 45
TMDB: 6.2/10
Director
David Yarovesky
Production
north.five.six, ZQ Entertainment, R.U. Robot Studios, Arcana Studio, Sillen Productions, BondIt Media Capital
Cast
Bill Skarsgård, Anthony Hopkins, Ashley Cartwright, Michael Eklund, Navid Charkhi, Sofia Tesema, Emma Kombe, Gabrielle Walsh
Where to watch
Hulu
Curator Review
Verdict
A lean, high-concept survival thriller with a strong single-location hook and a committed central performance, but it leans heavily on monologues and sadism in ways that can feel repetitive. If you’re in the mood for a tense, nasty chamber piece, it can work; if you want sharp plotting or real thematic depth, it may feel thin.
Best for
fans of claustrophobic one-location thrillers
viewers who enjoy cat-and-mouse survival setups
audiences looking for a grim, pulpy horror-thriller
fans of actor-driven genre pieces
Skip if
you need airtight logic and escalating twists
you dislike extended villain speeches
you want a more balanced tone or emotional nuance
you’re turned off by cruelty-forward thrillers
Overview
Locked is built around a simple, nasty premise: a thief gets trapped in a luxury SUV and forced into a psychological and physical ordeal. That single-location setup gives the film its best asset, creating immediate pressure and a sense of no-exit dread. The movie knows how to squeeze tension out of confinement, and it has enough momentum to stay watchable even when the story is running on fumes.
Worth noting
The main limitation is that the film often confuses menace with repetition. Its villainy is broad, its moral arguments are blunt, and the script can feel like it is talking at the audience instead of tightening the screws. Still, the central performance does a lot of heavy lifting, and the film’s grim, grindhouse energy will likely land with viewers who like their thrillers mean, compact, and a little ridiculous.
Bottom line
As a piece of genre craft, it’s more effective as an exercise in containment than as a fully satisfying thriller. The appeal is the setup, the pressure, and the discomfort, not the elegance of the payoff. For the right audience, that may be enough.
Top Letterboxd reviews
BrandonLikes (2.5★) · 3304 likes
Bro wouldn't stop yapping, call him Hannibal Lecture.
joshua sorensen (2★) · 1985 likes
knew i was in for a ride when it opened with logos of like ten production companies i'd never heard of
cob (3.5★) · 1787 likes
no thoughts just shirtless bill skarsgård covered in blood
2016 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama · 1h 44m · PG-13 · Curator 5.8/10 (1M ratings) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
A suspenseful confinement story that keeps shifting between protection, paranoia, and threat.