Locked In (V) (2023)
5/10
Makes a great 'background noise' movie
20 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Makes a great 'background noise' movie.

You know, when you're cleaning your house, putting together a puzzle or playing games on your phone etc. And you just need something in the background to keep you entertained (especially on days when you're home alone).

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So an average/poor woman marries into a wealthy family. Her husband has a seizure at the wedding, and he basically lives in the bed, ringing a bell when he needs something. Her Mother-in-law (MIL) also lives in the house with them, and you can tell she doesn't trust her MIL, Which is odd because they were friends for years before she married her brother. I believe their rift occurred when the relative who owned the house away, they left it to the newly weds.

The Family doctor or GP, sticks around a lot due to this illness. He ends up falling in love with the young bride and they carry on a relationship behind everyone's back. The bride and the GP decide it's time to kill the 'sickly' husband (don't know if he's sick, or just being over medicated by GP) so the bride will be the sole owner the house. A few days later, hubby starts feeling better and decides to take his wife on a picnic - the GP suggests they go on an island, and he will row the boat. Hubby, who cannot swim, is not happy about this, but figures he owes it to his wife to finally spend some time with her. It does not seem to me that the wife knew the entire plot, or started to feel bad as it was going down. The boat stopped in front of some loggers, the GP acts as if the oar has fallen over the side, and now he's rocking the boat to grab the oar. Hubby falls out, GP holds him under the water until he drowns, but the wife reaches a hand down to help pull him up... again, not sure how much her heart was into this deed - it really seemed to be the GP pushing for this.

After this event, the wife finds the GP making out with the MIL. HE PROMISED HE LOVED HER - he's screwing around with MIL too!! Wife is pissed - she's ready to let GP kill MIL too now. But, she doesn't know who to trust. A horse 'accident' injured her so bad MIL was "Locked In" ie: no speech, not even eye blinking or hand moving. After a while, she regains the ability to blink, and starts communicating with the hospital staff using an ABC blink board.

Now GP and wife are terrified she's going to tell on them. GP steals MIL from hospital, and takes her home to kill her. Wife is really not good with this, as she begins to realize the GP is just manipulating everyone. Eventually the wife doubts the GP, and everything he says. Wife finds out (through blink conversations with MIL) that the horse accident was due to a gunshot MIL made while riding. She did it to save wife, as GP was attempting to run her over with his car, MIL was able to stop him, but she did not expect to be injured.

In the end, we find out that MIL and wife are teaming up against GP - neither of them trust GP!! The horse accident, was then followed up by the GP running MIL over with his SUV. The wife has had enough, and she will not kill her MIL. She has a knife hidden, and asks GP if she can inject MIL with the deadly potion. Instead, she plunges the shot into him - which is too low of a dose to kill him, but seems to slow him down enough that the wife plunges the knife deep into GP's chest, and he dies.

End scene: police show up, wife has no idea what to tell them?? But, she grabs the hand of her MIL (who is still in a wheelchair and unable to talk) kinda confirming their friendship will make it through this.

Fade to black....................
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