‘Locked’: How Custom Built Lenses Captured Anthony Hopkins’ Psychotic Torture of Bill Skarsgård Inside an SUV

variety.com:

Rosemary Rossi What do you get when you lock a young criminal in a luxury sports utility vehicle that is booby trapped to punish its intruder, thanks to some twisted, sadistic planning by its wealthy, vengeful owner?

Well, if those two characters are played by Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins, and the film is directed by David Yarovesky, you get a wild, claustrophobic ride with chaotic camera movement, jump scares and danger that escalates with every scene.

All within the confines of an SUV. When Yarovesky was given the script for “Locked,” which opened in theaters on March 21, he was immediately attracted to the story and how the stakes for the characters continually elevate.

On top of that, the tight quarters in which the action takes place was a creative — and technical — challenge he couldn’t resist. “I really hadn’t made a movie like this before,” Yarovesky says. “It felt like a space that could really use something that felt organic and just really tense.” “Really tense” puts it mildly.