High-Rise (2016)

Captivating movie !

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Good cast. Awful movie. Seems to be a ripoff of a good George Orwell type plot.

If in "Snowpiercer" it was a train here it is a building, a skyscraper to be precise, which represents, both metaphorically and explicitly, a society that is structured on several levels going to create a certain social hierarchy similar to the one in which we live every day but represented in a clearer way. In "Snowpiercer", a film I loved and which has several points in common with this, this had been made more sad, grim and resigned; here in "High-Rise" instead it was represented in a completely different way: extreme, absurd but credible in its grotesque and exasperated context. This gives the film a unique personality and a certainly special and complex atmosphere. Unfortunately, its initial security in what it says and shows is lost in some points and especially in the final part, in which the screenplay becomes more confusing and slightly less convincing. But in general the film is a brilliant, even if not completely original, experience that reflects how a poorly managed management, even just a small group of people that constitutes a society, can not work, even more so if the social strata are so close together and net at the same time. Beautiful cinematography that colors the film with tones and nuances perfectly suited to the type of film that is, excellent scenery. Experimental and over the top lines that in all ways seeks, and partly successfully, to distinguish itself from all the commercial products to which we are usually accustomed. Excellent interpretations, especially that of Luke Evans and Tom Hiddleston, pity however for a characterization of the characters a bit 'hasty.

It as an almost minimalistic setup where in a skyscraper artists in different states of their carreers try to find a way to cohabitate. As in real life this "togetherness" relies on the submission of some by others. Above all the intrigues of the daily life is the "administrator" of this social enterprise. It gets caotic when the submitters lose their power and the submitted refuse to fulfill their duties. Very interesting perspective with a touch of nonesense.

May contain plot spoilers, although the film is not plot driven.This is a film heavy in the metaphor and symbolism thing. It lacks plot continuity and events that don't make sense in the civilized world as pointed out by its own characters. The film is about a High-Rise where people are screened to buy condos based on the need of the architect, a man who lives in the luxurious penthouse garden he made for his wife. The lower class live on the bottom. They all pay the same for resources but the resources are allocated to those in the upper levels, a statement about the allocation of the world's resources. Note the supermarket fruit is arranged from pure to moldy on the shelves.Dr. Laing (Tom Hiddleston) is "self contained and detached" from the class or level struggle. Richard Wilder (Luke Evans) is a documentary film maker who is leading an anarchist rebellion against Royal (Jeremy Irons).The setting of the picture is circa late 60's (note the Che poster) although people in higher levels look modern and sleek. People are heavy smokers. The film is filled with telling statements and symbols... "Another prison documentary" The architect is living in the index finger tip of his creation. "The future already taken place." This film is for Indy lovers who question capitalistic values.Guide: F-word, sex, nudity