Review of High-Rise (2015) by Guillaume H — 31 Oct 2016
Very sexually explicit, violent but an interesting premise with a decent cast. You would think these are all good things but High Rise was way too weird for my liking. It is very possible that reading the book would help appreciate this more but films such as Snow piercer did a much better job of the hierarchy of society metaphor that this is trying to highlight.
The building that Laing (Hiddleston) moves into represents society with the rich at the top and great unwashed at the bottom. All is well at first but the friction between the floors turns ugly with the distance between the haves and the have nots growing with order failing and the building suffering as a result.
Plenty of (very nearly) naked Hiddleston and a line from Sienna Miller (with a horse) that almost made me spit out my wine weren't enough to save this film for me but others may well differ. Also add to this eating horse and dog and some dog drowning into the bargain. The story just felt overly muddled and went way over my head in all honesty.
This review of High-Rise (2015) was written by Guillaume H on 31 Oct 2016.
High-Rise has generally received mixed reviews.
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