Locked
The following contains spoilers for Locked , now playing in theaters as well as 4x4 , now streaming on Tubi
Lockedtakes a lot of narrative departure from the film that revolutionise it . star Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins , the film centers on Eddie , a street felon who finds himself entrap inside the custom luxury car belonging to a wealthy ( and grave ) doctor named William . The film is the English - language remake of4x4 , an Argentinian thriller directed and co - written by Mariano Cohn . Both4x4andLockedbegin with a similar set - up , although Ciro and Enrique rise to have dissimilar personality than their American vis-a-vis .
Lockedand4x4ultimately deviate in their endings , with both movies assume different moral tract and concluding in very dissimilar manner . ForLocked , the narrative remains focused on Eddie and William , highlighting Eddie ’s maturation and the lesson of his arc . By contrast,4x4takes on a more panoptic - scope view on bon ton at enceinte . The upshot is two films that start in a like home but end in very unlike tonal places .
7Locked’s Eddie Is Way Less Awful Than 4X4’s Ciro
Ciro Crosses Some Serious Moral Lines That Eddie Won’t
The largest difference betweenLockedand the Argentine film that prompt it,4x4 , can be found in their central graphic symbol . Both flick mostly keep abreast the same set - up , following a small - time outlaw after he break into a fomite that he then ca n’t take to the woods . However , Locked ’s Eddie is a very different character reference than4x4 ’s Ciro . From the on - set , Eddie is portrayed in a more or less sympathetic light . For all his faults ( and there are plenty of them ) , his dear for his daughter and his grow regret over his handling of her gives him a compelling and understandable arc .
By line , audiences do n’t expend any clip with Ciro ’s crime syndicate before he smash into the car , during which is he is more dismissive and earthy . Ciro steady traverse some vast moral personal credit line that Eddie never would , with the independent characters of both cinema accept very distinct opinions about the use of murder . Ciro ’s floor also boast a far harsh ending than the one Eddie get , who survives and ultimately thrives after his spark concludes .
6Ciro’s Gunwound Is Worse Than Eddie’s
William Saves Eddie From The Physical Suffering Enrique Condemed Ciro To
In bothLockedand4x4 , the person pin down in the car is a calling criminal with the supply necessary for that lifestyle . After injuring themselves trying to break out of the car , both men pull out a pistol and seek to break the drinking glass with a gunshot . reverberate off the slug - proof windows , the bullet ends up collide with both Eddie and Ciro in the stage . InLocked , this accidental injury is a major problem for Eddie in the brusque - term , but William save himafter he pass off out from blood loss by bandaging up his wounds .
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This establishes William ’s profession as a doctor and tease that he ’s a lot more in control of the situation than Eddie ( or the audience ) initially substantiate . It also means the leg injury is more or less resolved as a plot beat . By contrast , William ’s equivalent in4x4is Enrique , a physician who does n’t make a similar crusade to help Ciro . As a result , Ciro ’s injury festers and becomes infected . This plays into the harsher discussion of Ciro as a fiber , who has a daughter like Eddie but does n’t have as much of the story sharpen on his relationship with her .
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5Ciro Is Trapped In The Car A Lot Longer Than Eddie
4x4Keeps Ciro Seperated From The Rest Of The World For A Longer Time
Both Eddie and Ciro spend a lengthy menstruation in the car in their respective storyline . However , Ciro has a far rougher experience that is imply to last much longer . Eddie is stick in the car for a few days , which is enough prison term to inflict serious physical and mental exhaustion . However , the more injured Ciro is trap long enough for his intellect to start snapping under the pressure , ranging from visions of murder to eating paper . This plays into4x4 ’s overall harsher treatment of Ciro over howLockedtreats Eddie .
Eddie ’s torture inLockedis more fast - pace and mental , while Circo suffers a longer physical and mental badgering through4x4 .
While Eddie suffers batch of injuries over the course of the film , William is more focused on the intellectual side of their antagonism . He threatens Eddie ’s girl in a way that Enrique never endangers Ciro ’s household . In fact , Ciro ’s wife and baby are yield a pocket-size destiny by the doctor in contrast to William almost running over Eddie ’s girl Sarah as a agency of mentally get around Eddie . Eddie ’s torture inLockedis more fast - paced and mental , while Circo suffers a longer forcible and genial torture through4x4 .
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4William & Enrique Both Have Daughters (But Only One Of Them Is Alive)
William Is More Overtly Villainous InLocked
One of the big firm reveals ofLockedis William ’s motivation to keep Eddie pin down . William eventually discover that his girl , who also lived in the city , was killed during a mugging . Driven into a vengeful rage against the ecumenical construct of the criminal class who had taken her away from him , William had his car constructed and waited to take retaliation on the next malefactor who targeted him . This grim reveal has a connexion to the original plastic film , but the MD ’s daughter in4x4actually survived her confrontation with outlaw .
During a conversation early in the film between Enrique and Ciro , the former reveals that his daughter and grandson were robbed at gunpoint in their family . However , despite Enrique ’s grandson having a gun pointed at his head for hours , both of them survived the experience . The couple are unwrap to have propel to Barcelona . Enrique ’s fury , as revealed in the sexual climax , stems more from his fury over constantly hearing " at least nobody got suffer . “It ’s still an attack on a family unit phallus that breaks his horizon on society , but it does n’t kill the daughter .
3Ciro Escapes The Car On His Own (Before The Finale)
Eddie Doesn’t Escape Until After William Has Crashed The Car
Ciro and Eddie both escape the car eventually , but Ciro does it faster in the narrative . After a protracted period that exhaust and mentally break both Ciro and Eddie , Enrique and William link them in the car . Using a gun and the ECT seats that his motorcar has , William is able-bodied to keep Eddie in submission long enough to get him tied up and unequal to of make water an leak attempt . This sets up William to join Eddie for a cause that leads to the climax of the movie .
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Year Of Release
nation Of Origin
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4x4
2019
Argentinia
David Yarovesky
Michael Arlen Ross
Bill Skarsgård
Anthony Hopkins
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2025
United States of America
Mariano Cohn
Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat
Peter Lanzani
Dady Brieva
By dividing line , Enrique is distracted by a phone call when he sits next to Ciro . Putting his gunslinger down , Enrique is grab by surprise when Crio musters enough strength to grab the torpedo , shoot him , and make his leakage . It ’s another show of the difference between Eddie and Ciro as characters , as Ciro proves quicker on the draw and more uncoerced to use lethal methods . A slimly injured Enrique catches up to him but is spotted by the police , setting up a very dissimilar third deed of4x4from the one thatLockeduses .
2Locked’s Torture Remains A Secret (And Is More Public In 4X4)
The Climax Of4x4Takes Place In Front Of The Cops
Lockednever bring out what William has done to the public , which is a going from the end of4x4 . InLocked , William finally joins Eddie in the car and drives by from the city with a purse of tools in the backseat . William mean to obliterate Eddie and toss out of his body , but Eddie is last capable to get one over on William and deactivate the cable car at a decisive moment , lead William to crash and give him a chance to miss . Eddie does n’t seem to recite anyone what has occur , returning to his old post as a change man .
This is where the literal deviation betweenLockedand4x4comes into play
By contrast , the arrival of the police turns the confrontation between Ciro and Enrique into a much more public spectacle . Holding Ciro at gun - point , Enrique rail against the system in front of a crowd of police officers , negotiators , and onlooker . This gear up up the real third act of the film , where Ciro becomes a passive observer while Enrique square off with the police negotiator Julio . This is where the real deviation betweenLockedand4x4comes into gambling , as the public ’s reaction to Enrique speaks to the theatic core of the film .
1The Endings To Locked And Ciro Are Completely Different
4x4Has A Way Darker Ending ThanLocked
While both films are bleak and paint a mordant portrait of modern time , Lockedis ultimately a far more uplifting moviethan4x4.Lockedis ultimately about a regretful guy who learns to prize the things he has rather of focusing on the style the world has treat him . He bunk William ’s grasp and end the film reunited with his family . Lockedis a sullen film , but it ’s one with a flawed but sympathetic supporter who learns an important object lesson . By contrast,4x4 ’s end is more implicated with head an accusatory finger at society .
corner by the constabulary , Enrique calls on the public to support his claim that the world is broken — and many agree . It ’s a far darker ending , with the town becoming separate on whether or not Enrique is justify in his action at law . By making William ’s vendetta more personal and keeping it out of the purview of the public , it come up across as a ego - contained nefarious act . Enrique ’s conclusion to shoot down himself and the far dismal Ciro being arrest afterward play up how the themes and terminate of4x4take on a far moody view than the last ofLocked .
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