[Locked] is a film that falls short, it's a film that wastes its two actors, it's a film that doesn't dare to do practically anything...[Full review in Spanish]

| May 12, 2025

...Locked is a more solid film in its foundation, its development, and its conclusion. Proof that an adaptation shouldn't copy, but rather take the most interesting aspects of the original and improve upon them. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 8, 2025

As a thriller, it's gripping; as a film that aims to confront moral issues, David Yarovesky's...film falters a bit. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 8, 2025

Bill Skarsgård's...performance is crucial, occupying almost the entire running time. His expressive performance in the confined space of the van articulates the entire dramatic arc of the film. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | May 6, 2025

'Locked' is a goofy thriller that will capture your attention.

| Original Score: 3 stars | Apr 27, 2025

A compact, tense movie with only five speaking parts, this effective thriller taps a bit into contemporary cultural divides and social anxiety to make the most of its cat-and-mouse game.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2025

Locked isn’t unique if you’ve seen 4×4, but it also goes in unexpected directions. It’s a lot like the Steven Knight-written and directed drama Locke starring Tom Hardy took one of the violently pumping gears out of Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2025

There is only so much you can do with two unlikable characters in a car despite game actors. Claustrophobia is lost thanks to both spaciousness and fisheyes and the film barely has time to make its case against class warfare.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 31, 2025

To the correct audience, however, Locked is a pretty accurate depiction of where we are right now. A populace beholden to the whims of an oligarchy setting obvious traps to justify its own violence.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 28, 2025

As a genre exercise, I enjoyed it a lot.

| Mar 28, 2025

Even though the film only runs a bit over 90 minutes, it feels much longer because there’s only so much that can be accomplished in a car that Eddie isn’t even driving...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 26, 2025

The concept is everything here, and for much of this edgy thriller a cleverly catchy idea keeps up its end of the bargain in fine style.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 26, 2025

Skarsgård struggles with slack-a-daisical pacing in Locked. Even Hopkins, armed with his Hannibal-Lecter-style calmly malevolent line readings, never manages to raise the helter-skelter level much above a dull roar.

| Mar 25, 2025

Makes for a twisted car commercial for an anti-theft device.

| Original Score: C | Mar 24, 2025

Hopkins is assured and perfectly cast as the erudite sadist who has provided for almost every eventuality.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 24, 2025

The film crafts a nerve-wracking experience that forces both its protagonist and the audience into a relentless battle of wits and endurance.

| Mar 24, 2025

Not bad of its kind. It’s just that its kind doesn’t amount to much... Despite the considerable talent of the two leads, this is a thriller that lurches along in fits and starts rather than exuding high-octane energy from beginning to end.

| Original Score: C+ | Mar 24, 2025

Locked is the type of disaster that can’t even be saved by two phenomenal lead actors.

| Mar 24, 2025

An interesting premise beautifully acted, skillfully directed, but ultimately stymied by a script that mires itself in a repetitive second act that doesn't so much expand as aggravate.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 23, 2025

Locked strives hard to keep the viewer entertained throughout, and it does well for the most part. We're not reinventing the wheel here. But overall Locked is nothing special, like expected. It feels like a direct to streaming film.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Mar 23, 2025