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High-Rise
aka: High Rise
USA 2015, 119 minutes
Dir. Ben Wheatley
Rating: [R16] Violence, drug use, sexual material, offensive language & content that may disturb
Genres: Cult, Suspense/Crime
Feat. Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Elisabeth Moss, Luke Evans, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes, Sienna Guillory, Peter Ferdinando
“Potent and alluring in its visions of Brutalist excess”
Aroview: A blackly comic, super-stylish slice of dystopia set in a retro-futurist 1975 in which life for the residents of a tower block begins to spin out of control. At times chaotic and infuriating but also frequently riveting and uniquely British. Based on the novel by J.G. Ballard.
Member Reviews
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(Good Enough). Showing 1-5 of 5 member reviews.
4 stars (Very Good) This could be five stars some days. From JG Ballard’s 1975 novel which contains much of his tropes. Class consciousness through a 70’s lens imagines the near future. Smoking, drinking, brutal middle class imbeciles. Unsubtle but brilliant. ~bikewrench
4 stars (Very Good) ~trauma_hound412
3 stars (Good Enough) Always original and wonderfully satirical but the screenplay runs amok in its second half when a bit of restraint would have been the wiser option. ~Anon
3 stars (Good Enough) Always original and wonderfully satirical but the screenplay runs amok in its second half when a bit of restraint would have been the wiser option. ~Tubbs
2 stars (Good Try) The book was science fiction but the movie is a period piece, which demonstrates where this adaptation went wrong. Instead of being a near-future warning it becomes this-never-happened nostalgia. Watch Cronenberg's Shivers instead. ~Pearce
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- Brazil (1985)
- Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
- Crash (1996)
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