Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

esther-646-830070 I really didn't enjoy the 15 of trying to watch. So weird with not much making any sense. Scenes start without finishing. I didn't really care what happened to anyone and switched off. 2 stars for photography

hayden a Just trying to save you some time here. if you liked crimson peak and thought it had a revolutionary visuals and an acceptable plot with 'mysterious' feel to it, this MAY be acceptable to MAYBE watch when you are bored out of your mind.this movie has no plot really, no real purpose or device. it is just to show off its sets and actors doing outlandish things. keeps you guessing but is very predictable... not a satisfying ending at all.some of the 'outlandish' acting would actually be enjoyable if it wasnt for no reason other then to just fill the screen and deliver lines.it really tries hard with a very expensive authentic looking set, it LOOKS real, some REALLY GREAT individual shots that an art school teacher could spend a semester on alone. honestly this thing is held up at a 4 rating, just for a couple of the nice shots in it.costumes are crazy and budget is super high for a movie that really had a minute advertising budget in Canada. maybe I wasnt the target audience but it really wasnt a movie that i got anything out of.. just artsy visuals/shots, no marks for anything else.

Argemaluco High-Rise is basically an adult version of Lord of the Flies. Instead of kids abandoned on an island, we have multiple social strata living into a high-technology (for the standards of the '70s) building in which everything works perfectly. Everything, but human nature, which quickly divides the tenants into hierarchies that degenerate into the exploitation of the "poor" and the exaltation of the "rich". I use quotations marks to divide the "rich" and the "poor" because everyone pays the same rent; so, why do some ones live in the superior luxury floors, while other ones barely survive in the filthy basements? That might sounds like an archaic communist fantasy about war of classes and the uprising of the proletariat... and that's very probable, because High-Rise is based on a novel written by J.G. Ballard, the subversive author of other similarly transgressor books such as Crash, The Drowned World and the anthology The Atrocity Exhibition. For better or for worse, the ideals of High-Rise represent the "progressive" British thought from the '70s, and that justifies the wonderful retro atmosphere achieved by cinematographer Laurie Rose and production designer Mark Tildesley. Unfortunately, the message "the humans are animals ready to return to savagery as soon as the electricity is interrupted" has been repeated too many times... and in more interesting ways. The main problem of High-Rise is that its second half gets repetitive until getting a bit tiring. Director Ben Wheatley and screenwriter Amy Jump rejoice themselves portraying uncountable manifestations of cruelty and barbarism, whether in the shape of grotesque orgies, beatings against the ones aspiring to become revolutionary leaders or the killing of an innocent dog (unfortunately, High-Rise isn't a "pet friendly" film). The message had been left clear since the first half of the movie... but Wheatley and Jump repeat the same ideas over, and over, and over again. High-Rise is a film intended to make us think... but sometimes, it thinks for us, instead of bringing us the tools to draw our own conclusions. On the other hand, it managed to hold my interest, the performances are brilliant, and I also appreciated Clint Mansell's score and the attractive images. Maybe deleting half an hour, High-Rise would have been a potent punch to society's stomach. But with its 120-minute running time, it ends up being as accommodating as the high classes it pretends to denounce.

andrewd750 Watched this directors other films, not really impressed with how he blatantly rips off other movies and somehow is hailed as amazing. His films just look good, but don't actually deliver anything new. Formulaic and boring. Waiting for it to finish so I could write this. Style over substance, ben wheatley is selling snake oil. Don't buy the hype.