Review of High-Rise (2015) by Tom D — 27 Apr 2016

High-Rise is certainly bold and ambitious, a kind of post-apocalyptic film without the post-apocalypse. Being more of a fable than a story, it doesn't bother too much with plausibility, and the maddening ambiguity of Tom Hiddleston's (perfectly played) enigmatic character might drive some viewers to distraction.

But if you can go with it (and I did) this is an unusual film experience with enough narrative drive to keep you engaged through to the end, and it's certainly a film I enjoyed and would see again.

My only quibble is whether the commentary on class warfare is actually all that meaningful - like the high-rise itself, I wonder if the film is more surface than substance.