Locked Down (2021)
Directed by Doug Liman
During a COVID-19 lockdown, sparring couple Linda and Paxton call a truce to attempt a high-risk jewellery heist at one of the world's most exclusive department stores, Harrods.
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What critics compared Locked Down to
Visions of classic robbery romps, such as Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's Eleven" and "Logan Lucky," dance in your head.
The film’s deadpan atmosphere of voyeuristic impishness, the casual shaggy-dog cameos by stars (Ben Stiller, Mindy Kaling, Claes Bang) who would be featured gets for most directors, the fact that the film ultimately turns into a desperado heist drama like “Logan Lucky” — at this point, you could almost say that “Locked Down” belongs to the Soderbergh genre .
Bringing Knight’s vision to life is the well-respected director Doug Liman, whose reputation started with the hip-to-be-cool Swingers in 1996, includes the thriller The Bourne Identity and the deliciously vengeful Mr. and Mrs. Smith .
There are faint echoes of one of the director's biggest hits, Mr. & Mrs. Smith , in the idea of a couple whose romantic glow has dimmed, finding themselves on opposite sides of a professional assignment.
Doug Liman—director of Swingers , The Bourne Identity , Mr. and Mrs. Smith , and Edge of Tomorrow — clearly has it in him to direct both romance and action, but in Locked Down he appears more invested in the former than the latter, and never quite swings the shift in between.
Director Doug Liman’s cheeky thrillers peaked with the razor-sharp Edge of Tomorrow and without those thrills, the chemistry of Mr. & Mrs. Smith or a decent script, his presence is limited, to say the least.
Director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow; Mr. & Mrs. Smith; The Bourne Identity) has now given us Locked Down about a couple living in London, on the verge of breaking up permanently, who decide to pull off a jewelry heist at a department store that is moving its inventory into storage.
From The Bourne Identity to Mr. & Mrs. Smith to Edge of Tomorrow , Doug Liman’s scale has come a long way since his smaller-scale breakouts Swingers and Go.
Aster’s script feels like cold leftovers from the days when titles like Locked Down were the only new movies the public could consume.