Trunk - Locked In is a 2023 crime thriller that follows Malina, a medicine student who wakes up trapped inside a locked car trunk with no clear memory of how she got there. As the vehicle keeps moving, her only connection to the outside world is her phone, and she has to think fast to stay alive. The film builds its tension around her effort to understand what has happened before the journey reaches its end.
The story centers on Malina, played by Sina Martens, whose performance carries the film’s confined, urgent setup. In the cast, Luise Helm, Artjom Gilz and Sabin Tambrea appear alongside her, shaping the pressure around the mystery she is trying to solve. The film runs 96 minutes and was made in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Much of the film takes place in the tight, airless space of the trunk, which turns every sound and movement into part of the suspense. Its claustrophobic setup gives the story a tense, survival-driven tone, while the crime and thriller elements keep the focus on danger and uncertainty. The result is a compact, high-pressure chase against time.
The story centers on Malina, played by Sina Martens, whose performance carries the film’s confined, urgent setup. In the cast, Luise Helm, Artjom Gilz and Sabin Tambrea appear alongside her, shaping the pressure around the mystery she is trying to solve. The film runs 96 minutes and was made in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Much of the film takes place in the tight, airless space of the trunk, which turns every sound and movement into part of the suspense. Its claustrophobic setup gives the story a tense, survival-driven tone, while the crime and thriller elements keep the focus on danger and uncertainty. The result is a compact, high-pressure chase against time.
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6 / 10