Movie Review - "Locke"(2014) - An Emotional-Brainy Ride

So, today i am going to review the movie which has released a while ago everywhere. But, did not release in "India". The name of the movie is "Locke" hardly a handful of people would be knowing about this movie, in India. Six months back, when i saw this movie's poster i was excited, very excited because of "Tom Hardy", who played "Bane" in "The Dark Knight Rises". But couldn't get to watch it's trailer. After a few months, when i came to know that this movie won't be released in India. I was a bit upset. But, some days ago i read on the internet that the movie is now available to Download in HD, a real copy, not the pirated one. So, i just downloaded the movie. And after seeing the movie i am even ore upset that why the hell this movie did not release in India.


(Tom Hardy as Ivan Locke, in a scene from the movie)

So, the story of the movie is about "Ivan Locke" played by "Tom Hardy", who is a builder in England. He has taken up the most prestigious project of his life, a building of 55 floors with everything in it. So, as the film starts we see a scene of a construction site. Locke has got a phone & as soon as the call is over, he runs out to his car & starts driving. At first, he is going home. But, as he has to take a Left turn to get to his home, he changes his mind & turns right. In the car, he calls up his partner "Donal", voiced by "Andrew Scott" (plays Moriarty in Tv Series, Sherlock) & says that "I will not be able to check the 18 trucks of Concrete that is being delivered to us". It's all because Locke learns that "Bethan" voiced by "Olivia Colman", a co-worker has gone into a pre-mature labor as the result of the one night stand they had, seven months previously. As, he gets know that he just abandons his family with whom he had planned to watch a football game in order to drive to London to be with Bethan while she gives birth to their child.

The film consists entirely of scenes of "Ivan Locke" in his car, calling his boss & colleagues to ensure that the "concrete" pouring for the building is handled successfully. He tells his wife, Katrina, voiced by "Ruth Wilson", about the the things just had happened at that night & also what has happened now. Over the course of this 2 hour car ride, he is fired from his job, still he decides that he will handle the pour successfully by the help of his friend Donal, he is kicked out from his house by his wife, but his sons insist that he has to return home soon. While all this, he keeps on talking to "Bethan" in the hospital that it is going to be okay & he is coming to her.

For a movie like this, a concept like this i would like to bow down to the director of the movie "Steven Knight", what an unusual concept, directed beautifully, when you have to shoot in a vehicle & you know that the whole would be shot in a vehicle only with a man driving & calling to people, you need to have some concrete script to produce a "Masterpiece" & he did that, pure heartedly. You will see everything in this movie, drama, a light comedy, emotions with brain & yes, most importantly "Great Acting". Tom Hardy is the heartbeat of this movie, every line he says, every expressions he give even every abuses he give is worth looking for & worth applauding for. Th scenes where he is talking to his father on the back seat, even if there is no one on the back seat, is just "Mind-Boggling". You'll just be spell-bounded by those scenes. The other character that is worth mentioning is "Andrew Scott" even with his voice he has done his magic. He is brilliant in his part.

Okay, for this movie you need to have patience & Brain. If after seeing the movie you say "Movie Sucks" because a guy keeps driving & talking on the phone, then the thing is you either don't have the brain to watch this movie or you don't have emotions in you.

For the first time i am saying this, But "I BEG YOU" to see this movie.

My Rating - *****
Cast - Tom Hardy, Andrew Scott(voice), Olivia Colman(voice), Ruth Wilson(voice)
Director - Steven Knight

Movie Review - "Singham Returns" - Strictly For Devgn Fans

A hero in a Bollywood movie has to do it all. Well, like we have superhero movies in Hollywood, we get superheroes every movie in Bollywood. He does it all, he sings, he dances & he fights. He has to act like a lover who is dating a girl who is actually 33 but acting to play a 13 year old. One movie that defined all of the above, not the last part actually was "Singham" that came in 2011. To be honest, i watched "Singham" in a bus, coming from Chandigarh To Delhi. And i liked it. So, 2 years later, Rohit Shetty & Ajay Devgn, again come with action packed sequel "Singham Returns". Does it provide the action & comedy like it's prequel did? Let's Find out.


Ajay Devgn returns as the supercop "Bajirao Singham" & this time Singham will clear the mess in the city. The chase to pin down the corrupt starts when a police constable is found dead in an ambulance with loads of cash. All this investigation leads Singham to a dishonest "Godman" like Asa-Raam, you can say played by "Amol Gupte" & like always he has a powerful friend who is none other than a "Politician". As we know from the prequesl, that Singham will do anything & whatever it takes to find the culprit. He will break any rule if he needs to. He will beat up, shoot up or fly like Superman to make them pay & there is no stopping Bajirao Singham. Singham Returns was always meant to be Devgn's return, to just wash away the nightmares of "Himmatwala". To one extent, the film works. If you really think that this movie has a story, that might be because you haven't seen any "Rohit Shetty" movie. The possibility of a story in a Bollywood movie is just going far far away with every release of a movie. Now back to the film.

Rohit Shetty's style is maintained throughout the movie. You get all the things you have seen in his earlier movies, from aerial shots with massive crowds, cars flying everywhere but all are really well shot. For this i will give full marks to the director. In various interviews, Ajay Devgn & Rohit Shetty said that this one is a "realistic" film. Oh i see, so a guy beating 20 men in one go is "Realistic". As for the acting, Ajay Devgn has never felt so good, i think. He is fit, strong & has pumped to suit the role once again. Kareena Kapoor has very few scenes in the movie but she does a good job in all the comedy scenes that are given to her. But the real power-packed performance in the comes from Amol Gupte as Godman, he is just brilliant & awesome.

As for the realistic movie, i would suggest that watch "Zakhm" of Devgn. Now that's called a powerful, realistic cinema. But, nevermind. The music of the movie just slows down the pace of this action packed movie. If you are waiting for the song "Atta Majhi Satakli", then you have to see the whole movie & actually the song is not that good but in the movie & on the screen it is the only song you will like.

The movie shows the frustration & all the other things that Police are going through but that doesn't mean that Policemen would start flying to kick someone's ass. It cannot inspire the Policemen, even if we take this movie as a realistic one.

This movie is only for hardcore fans of Ajay Devgn & Rohit Shetty. And by the numbers that came yesterday, i see that there loads of them.

ONE TIME WATCH! But, you can wait for the DVD. 

My Rating - **&1/2
Cast - Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Amole Gupte, Anupam Kher, Dayanand Shetty, Zakir Hussain
Director - Rohit Shetty