‘The Locksmith’ Review: Ryan Phillippe Heist Thriller Steals Most of Its Ideas from Other Movies

“The Locksmith” has the right elements for a crime thriller: an ex-con seeking revenge and being chased by a vengeful cop while trying to protect his family. Ryan Phillippe plays the title character, Miller, introduced in the middle of a robbery. Things go wrong and his cohort gets killed. Before we know it, 10 years have passed and he’s out of prison. In the present, he reconnects with his daughter (Madeleine Guilbot) who’s in the care of her policewoman mother (Kate Bosworth). Of course he will be pulled back for one last job where things will go wrong. Nicolas Harvard’s… Read Full Article