2015 · drama · sci-fi
High-Rise (Wheatley)
Directed by Ben Wheatley1h 59m2015
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Our read: High-Rise (Wheatley) (2015) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal drama · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- surreal
- bleak
- signature
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