It holds a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 22 October) is Locke, the 2013 film starring Tom Hardy which was written and directed by Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight.
In the thriller drama, the actor plays Ivan Locke, a family man and successful construction manager whose life begins to fall apart over the course of a car journey.
The movie is noteworthy for taking place almost entirely in a car and for featuring only one onscreen actor in Hardy – though Andrew Scott, Ruth Wilson, Olivia Colman and Tom Holland have roles as the voices Ivan speaks to on his car phone.
While its single setting premise could have been boring in lesser hands, the 84-minute-long Locke is as gripping as an action-packed blockbuster thanks to its tour-de-force central performance and the level of depth of its lead character.
Holding a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes, Locke is airing on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on Film4 at 12.45am. It is also available to rent on Apple TV, Google Play and the Sky Store.
Here are the other movies on TV tonight:
Venom: Let There Be Carnage – Film4 – 9pm
With Venom: The Last Dance landing in cinemas this week, what better time to catch up with its Tom Hardy-led predecessor?
White Chicks – Comedy Central – 9pm
This critically panned comedy about two black FBI agents (Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans) who go undercover using whiteface as women to solve a kidnapping plot has its defenders.
An Eye for an Eye – Legend Xtra – 9pm
An ’80s Chuck Norris-led action crime flick.
Renegades – ITV4 – 10pm
Another ’80s action crime flick, this time with Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips.
Fremont – Film4 – 10.55pm
This acclaimed US indie centres on an Afghan refugee (Anaita Wali Zada) living in the titular Californian town and features The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White in a supporting role.
A Kiss Before Dying – Legend – 10.55pm
A ’90s romantic thriller headlined by Matt Dillon and Sean Young that is based on a novel by Ira Levin (Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives).
Hellraiser – Sky Sci-Fi – 11.20pm
Not really a sci-fi but it’s an absolute horror classic though.
Death Wish IV: The Crackdown – ITV4 – 12.10am
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