Welcome to Thriller Recapped, Today, I will show you a British Psychological Drama film called,
“Locke”, Spoilers Ahead, watch out and take care. In a night full of lights in the city of
Birmingham London, the movie starts with a man getting into his BMW x5,
he then starts driving from there. The man named, Ivan Locke, is driving to London from Birmingham,
he makes a phone call to a person named, Gareth, but a lady answers the phone,
and he tells her that this call is about, concrete, a term for largest non-nuclear facility,
in Europe, he tells the lady that it’s very urgent and he needs to speak to Gareth, and he hangs up.
He then calls his son, Eddie, he informs him that something urgent came up and he won’t be able to
join them for watching the live football match that night, and he wants to speak to his wife,
but she went out for groceries, and he asks him to give him a call when she’s back to home,
there’s something urgent. At this point we can say that Ivan is stressed out about something. He then
gets a call from a friend, Donal, they talk a bit, and Ivan tells him to cover him at work,
since he need to handle something serious. Ivan is a construction foreman in the nuclear facility.
Donal cannot believe that Ivan is taking a sudden leave from the work, despite being the supervisor,
and they have a meeting of 370 people the next morning, Donal does not know how to handle
the work of Ivan, and he starts freaking out. Ivan says, I have no choice, and he hangs up.
Later, he calls a woman named, Bethan, a colleague from his job, she informs
him that she is in hospital, and she explains it to him how much pain she is in right now,
he wants her to speak to the doctor and he will arrive to her in one hour,
it is revealed that he had a hormone sandwich with her, seven months ago, and that resulted in her
becoming pregnant, and she is at a hospital, since she has gone into premature labour. She asks him,
do you love me? And he says, upon hearing that she hangs up. Few moments later, he gets a call
from his wife, Katrina, she informs him that she got his favourite German food from the market,
and she is wearing his favourite shirt. However, he informs her that he won’t be able to get home,
and he wants her to go upstairs so he can tell her something important. He then tries hold
himself and he tells her, how he went on a work meeting last year and he was staying in a cottage,
they had couple of drinks after the meeting, she talked about being lonely, and he talked about
being happy, one thing led to another and there he had a hormone sandwich with his secretary.
He claims this is the only time he did this, over the course of their marriage in 15 years,
and he is going to London, to see that lady who is giving birth, to his child.
Upon hearing that, his wife hangs up immediately. Ivan looks very stressed from everything. He then
gets a call from his boss, Gareth, he has saved his number as Bostard. Gareth is aggressive about
Ivan taking a leave from the important meeting and calls him a monkey, Ivan Reveals it to him that he
is going to be a father so he is going to London, and he cannot attend the important meeting at the
work, as Gareth explains to him how important the meeting is going to be, and even the president of
the company is going to be there, Ivan takes out a bottle, and he drinks a drug from it. The boss
gets more angry, knowing the woman giving birth is not Ivan’s wife. Gareth asks, is this a joke?
A 100 million pounds are at stake in the meeting. Ivan replies, there is nothing a joke anymore.
Gareth wants him to abandon the child, but Ivan claims that he never treated Bethan in a right
manner, and this is his only chance to make things correct, and he already made a decision,
and he is not stepping back, and he hangs up. Ivan then starts looking at the rear-view mirror
and he starts talking to himself, are you laughing at my situation. He says I will
pull open your eyes, and put mud in it, and that he does not run away from his responsibilities.
He then gets a call from Donal, he coaches him to prepare for the meeting and not to let anyone do
the job, since there are no chances of failing in the meeting, he further guides him on how
to handle c6 and how to unlock it. Donal says he is praying that everything goes smoothly.
However, Ivan says you don’t trust God when it comes to c6. And he wants him to avoid the
calls of Gareth till the morning. He then calls Bethan again, he asks her if she is doing ok,
she is in a lot of pain, she asks him, if he hates her, he answers that I don’t hate you,
also I don’t love you as well, and that he is on his way, and he will arrive there in one hour.
He then calls Gareth, they talk a bit, and Gareth claims he spoke to the management of the company,
and Ivan is fired from the job. Shockingly at this point Ivan does not care and he says it’s
ok and he will still make sure that the meeting goes smooth without any issues,
Gareth thinks that he is doing it to negotiate the decision, but Ivan assures him that he is
not doing it for the job, he is doing it because he feels it is his last responsibility to do it.
Gareth says, you sound different, and Ivan hangs up. Only to get another call from his Wife,
she is breaking down, and she is in disbelief, he explains it to his wife that Bethan is a
very lonely person, and she does not even have a family, and she wants to keep the baby, as an
only hope for her happiness. Ivan reveals that his father abandoned and dumped him in a trash,
even without giving him a name, so he is not going to do it, and he is also going to give
the baby his last name. Upon hearing that, Katrina starts crying more and she hangs up.
He then calls his friend Donal again, it turns out his friend is having some issues in understanding
the plan for the new project and the floor plan of a building that they are planning to build,
Ivan tells him that even a miscalculation of one inch will make huge cracks in the building,
and the cracks will keep growing till it collapses, costing hundreds
of people their lives, and he hangs up. He then calls his wife again, his son
answers the phone, and he tells him that their mother is in toilet, and she is not coming out.
Ivan looks very stressed from everything. He then gets a call from St Mary’s maternity unit,
Sister Margaret, she is calling him regarding the condition of Bethan,
that there are some complications, and they need someone to be there near Bethan,
when she is giving birth, he assures her that he is one hour away from there. She asks him if he is
her partner, he says no I am the father of the child, and he hangs up. Donal calls him again,
that he is having some issues in locating the file that he needs to take over Ivan’s work,
he then guides him to look in the locker at work, only to realize he has that file in the car,
and without that, tomorrow’s meeting will be a disaster and he breaks down.
Later, he calls his wife, she answers the phone but she is yelling at him, that he
used to have a hormone sandwich with other woman and then he got home and had it with her as well,
he tries to explain by saying it was only once, she theorises that the difference between yes
and no is also once, the difference between good and bad is also once,
she further says that she went through her diary and she remembers that when he got back,
he had a big hickey on his neck, he claims that it happened from an injury at the work.
She does not seem to buy it, and she starts laughing and crying in disbelief. He then
gets a call from Donal, and they talk a bit, and Ivan starts going through his file while driving,
and he asks him to makes notes on the information, Donal sounds a bit weird and strange and he laughs
while speaking, Ivan speculates that Donal is intoxicated and he threatens him that if he
found out that he is drinking before the meeting then he will cut his legs and put it in his hands.
Upon hearing that, Donal rages up and he starts yelling at him,
since Ivan is no longer his boss anymore and he hangs up.
Ivan cannot process all this, and he is about to loose it.
Bethan calls him again and she is mourning in pain, and he assures her that he is only 40
minutes away and soon he will be there. She claims that the doctors want to cut open her stomach,
since she is too old to push, he says it’s better than pushing and he wants her to do what they say,
and she hangs up. Sooner, he looks in the rear-view mirror again,
and he starts talking to himself, that are you happy after seeing me from going through all this,
he says that I will come for you with a shovel, and I will dig you up.
It turns out that he is talking to his father for abandoning him as a baby, and he vows that
he will not repeat the same mistake that he did. His imaginary father says we both are the same,
he denies it by saying, he found Bethan sad and lonely, and she did not have anybody,
so this baby might be her only hope, and he is not going to abandon it,
so they are not same. He then calls his wife again, but his son answers it, unknown from
everything they are enjoying the football match, and the mother is in toilet, and she won’t come
out. He then calls a man named, PC Davids, the head of the police authority, Ivan wants him to
close the roads, so they can get their 250 trucks of concrete to the site for tomorrow’s meeting,
the officer says he cannot do anything, unless Ivan gets a paper from the head of city council.
Ivan says the council offices are closed and he hangs up.
He then calls Donal, and he wants him to go to the project site right now, and get a file.
He then calls back to his home, he wants his son to go through his notebook in the room, and give
him the number of, Cassidy, the head of council. He then gets a call from the hospital, the doctor
informs him that the baby has to be taken out and Bethan is not co-operating with them,
Bethan wants Ivan to be there when she gives birth, but he assures her that he will be
there in matter of time, and the baby cannot be delayed. She further expresses that she loves him,
and she wants him to say it, but he denies it by saying I cannot say it back.
Later, he gets a call back from his wife, she is raging out since he wants to close down the roads,
so they can bring trucks faster for their project.
He assures her that he loves her, and he will not abandon the baby as well, he assures her further
that he will come back home in the morning and they can talk about it, and sort out the things.
She then asks him for final time, are you sure you want to close the roads? upon hearing yes,
she says Goodbye. Ivan is stuck between his work responsibilities and his personal life,
and everything is at stake. He then gets a call from his friend Donal, he seems to be excited as
he says he found the number of Council Head, he then gives him the number. He then calls Cassidy;
the council head he seems to be in middle of an evening dinner. The council head rages up,
but after a brief explanation, he agrees to close the roads for the project.
Sooner, he starts talking to himself, and he tells his dad that he could have easily let his
work project go down the hill and never look back, but he didn’t. He claims that when you,
his dad, came back after abandoning him for 23 years out of nowhere in old age,
he could have easily broken his back with a stick, but he didn’t. Donal calls him and reveals
it to him that he’s having some issues in the wiring at the location, Ivan wants him to drive
to the council head, since the shift ends in 30 minutes. However, Donal reveals that he had more
than couple of beers, and if he gets pulled over than he will be arrested, and he cannot do that.
Ivan then asks him to run in sports mode as a punishment for drinking at work, and go to
the head of council. Donal curses him for a bit, but Ivan pumps him that their project will touch
the skies, and everyone will be proud of them, it makes him a bit hopeful and then he agrees.
He then calls Bethan, to assure her that the Baby is a good thing, and she deserves to be
happy. He then gets a call from his wife, they talk a bit and soon she tells him that he is no
longer allowed back in the house, and she wants a divorce, and they can make arrangements to see
the kids every week for him and she hangs up, Ivan is in pain, and he sheds tears.
Donal calls him again, he is breathing heavily, and he cannot stop laughing out of the joy, that
he made it to the office and got the letter from head of council, they both share the happy moment
that the project will finally go smoothly. He then talks to his imaginary father and tells him that
he made 36 phone calls in the past 90 minutes, and in those 90 minutes, he is fired from his job,
banned from entering his house by his wife, but he still did the right thing. Sooner, he arrives to
the hospital, he gets a call from Bethan, she makes him hear the first crying of the baby,
he finally gets some relief, and he says I am coming to you, and the movie ends.
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