In Locked Down, Paxton (12 Years a Slave's Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Linda (Anne Hathaway) are a couple in England who've just broken up. However, the COVID quarantine has them stuck in the same house together for a couple weeks. Soon a series of events will occur that will surprisingly lead to them planning a heist. This was an interesting work.
If you've seen the commercials, this may seem mostly about the heist. However, a lot of the movie is the build-up to planning it. This is primarily a character-based comedy, and it works pretty well. Ejiofor provides great delivery with the erudite Paxton and Hathaway brings an energy to the stressed Linda. The movie mostly follows the leads, but you get a good cast of supporting faces, including several well known ones.
The movie has a slice-of-life feel as it jumps from one event to another. I think this is the first film attempt to showcase the struggles of living during the COVID crisis, and it does a decent job of looking at the toll of it.
The dialogue may not work for everyone. It has a sort of stage play feel: a lot of exposition needs to be delivered and can't be done visually due to limited scenery. So, the writer does his or her best to make it all sound natural and doesn't do a half bad, job but can't 100% nail that realism. It took me fifteen minutes or so to get accustomed to the dialogue, especially the cultured Paxton.
I liked the camerawork and editing in this, everything runs smoothly and there is a slightly more grounded feel than most comedies.
I recommend this. It's a unique. I can't say it's to everyone's tastes, but it's worth giving a chance.
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