Anyone who has lost their phone knows that such a misfortune can seem like the end the world. In the case of Unlocked's Nami (Chun Woo-hee), such a supposition might not be a gross exaggeration. Because the creep (Yim Si-wan) who has recovered her missing phone is a hyperskilled hacker. And an identity thief. And a serial killer. Soon enough, this triple-threat of death is making our heroine's life a living hell — poisoning her career, kidnapping her dad (Park Ho-san), and alienating her best friend (Kim Ye-won). What's working in her favor is a detective (Kim Hee-won) who quickly surmises who the killer is; what's working against her is this same detective may be the father of the maniacal cyberstalker.
Once she realizes her phone is at the root of all her problems, does she get a new one or at least stop using her cell so often? Not immediately. As a typical member of Generation Z, she's way too invested in Instagram and Instant Messaging to put her device down for more than a Seoul minute. Which makes spying on her so much easier. Especially when the spyware expert she chooses to hire turns out to be ... the serial killer again! Yes, Unlocked has plenty of coincidences. And yes, we're asked to overlook some major narrative holes. Like a second police officer (Jeon Jin-oh) who, despite recognizing what's going on, defers to his partner's faulty judgment over and over again. But Kim Tae-joon's technothriller has such a timely conceit at its center that you'll likely be experiencing anxiety for the full two hours, regardless of its lapses in logic.
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