Intriguing and Intense New Trailer For Tom Hiddleston's HIGH-RISE
We've got a new trailer to share with you for Tom Hiddleston's upcoming thriller High-Rise. The movie comes from writer and director Ben Wheatley, who is the creator of several awesomely bold films that include Kill List, Sightseers, and A Field in England. I'm a fan of Wheatley's filmmaking style and the intense twistedness he brings to his stories. High-Rise looks like it's going to be a great addition to his resume.
The film is based on the novel of the same name by J.G. Ballard and also stars Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Reece Shearsmith, Peter Ferdinando, and Dan Renton Skinner. Here's the synopsis for the movie:
London, 1975.
A slick apartment tower rises above the Thames, the beginnings of what will soon become the world’s biggest financial hub. Dominating the landscape, it is simply called the HIGH-RISE… its address a mark of exclusivity. Its newest resident is Robert Laing, an ambitious young doctor utterly seduced by the lifestyle and cutting-edge technology the high-rise has to offer.
Laing meets Wilder, a charismatic provocateur who introduces him to the seedy underbelly of the high-rise. The cracks in this apparently flawless society grow rapidly, and Laing is shocked at the depravity he sees. Life in the high-rise quickly descends into madness and violence, and Laing finds himself amongst the marauding hordes of bloodthirsty tenants who take over the building, floor by floor.
A disturbing vision from the director of Kill List, this action-packed thriller depicts society’s most chilling nightmares.
High-Rise will open in the UK on March 18th, and it will be released in U.S. theaters on May 13th. I've included three posters for the film below the trailer.