Locked (2025)
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A petty thief becomes trapped inside a high-tech SUV and is tormented by its sadistic owner.
The story
Eddie Barrish, a jobless former criminal struggling to provide for his daughter, attempts to rob a luxury Dolus SUV. However, the vehicle's advanced security system activates, trapping him inside. As Eddie struggles to escape, he is forced to engage with the car's owner, William, a wealthy man who monitors him through the vehicle's cameras. William reveals that the car has been intentionally modified into a trap for intruders. Now trapped in a soundproof, bulletproof environment, Eddie must navigate the owner's psychological games and physical hazards while trying to find a way out to ensure his own safety and the safety of his daughter.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Eddie Barrish, a petty thief, breaks into a luxury Dolus SUV but becomes trapped inside by a security system. The owner, a wealthy man named William with terminal cancer, monitors Eddie via cameras and subjects him to various punishments, including tasers and extreme temperatures. During the ordeal, Eddie discovers he won a large sum on a lottery ticket. The situation escalates when William remotely drives the SUV through the city, crushing two muggers. Later, William uses Eddie's information to track down Eddie's daughter, Sarah. After a tense standoff where Eddie manages to send a final message to his daughter, William prepares to kill him. During a final confrontation as the car catches fire, William is shot and killed. Eddie escapes the vehicle and eventually reunites with his daughter.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 96
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- David Yarovesky
- Writers
- Michael Arlen Ross · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Bill Skarsgård · Eddie; Anthony Hopkins · William
- Genres
- psychological thriller; action; crime
- Themes
- justice; survival; paternal protection
- Tone and mood
- tense; suspenseful
- Premise and plot tags
- trapped; high-tech; survival
- Source material / true-story basis
- 4x4 (2019)
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 45 · scale: 100 · review count: 10
- Production trivia
- A 2020 Land Rover Defender was used as the SUV.; The film was originally intended to star Glen Powell.
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