High-Rise Reviews

Sick film, sick direction; Wheatley erases sexuality and focus on violence even gratuitous. The ending conduces to a big mess instead of a depuration. Weak feminine characters and confusing leading character Laing.

This was another Dallas International Film Festival entry I watched. I didn't plan on watching it as I didn't know what it was. My friend though really wanted to see it. I can say I am happy I did. The director here is Ben Wheatley who has done some other wild genre mixers. He did one of the best segments in the ABCs of Death (U is for Unearthed) and a feature film called Sightseers. The writer Amy Jump was also the writer for Sightseers. This film is one crazy ride. My friend made an observation about this and It seems reasonable enough. Several hints in dialogue and activity point to the idea that this high rise they live in is actually an institution. The characters are all quite unique and well portrayed. As the movie progresses things get crazier and more intense. It's darkly comedic while also being serious considering some of the content that is dealt with here. The ending was a nice finish to such a seat gripping movie. I definitely recommend seeing this once it's widely released.