Locked In (2023) Review – Entertaining enough B-thriller elevated by a talented cast

Locked In (2023), a British B-thriller that went straight to Netflix.

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A sleuthing nurse, a washed-up actress, a mysterious mansion, romance, and murder all play a role.

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Starring Famke Janssen and Rose Williams, the film is Nour Wazzi’s directorial debut and boasts a surprisingly impressive cast.

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we hear Locked In from Katherine’s terrifying perspective. She had been rendered mute and immobile after an accident.

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Multiple flashbacks are used in the film to show what happened before Katherine was hurt.

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Covey is on the run after being forced to marry Clarence “Little Man” Henry (Anthony Mark Barrow) to pay off her late father’s debts.

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