2014 · thriller
The Loft
Directed by Erik Van Looy1h 43m2014
For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are gripped by paranoia as each one suspects another.
Our read: The Loft (2014) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- twisty
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