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High Rise

Release Date: Friday, May 13, 2016 Limited

Documents the outbreak of class warfare in a giant residential apartment block following a series of power outages.

Director: Ben Wheatley

Starring: Tom Hiddleston Jeremy Irons Sienna Miller Luke Evans Elisabeth Moss

R Sci-Fi 1 hr, 52 m

  • 3.3 / 5
74% 26%

Documents the outbreak of class warfare in a giant residential apartment block following a series of power outages.

Plot

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Plot
High-Rise stars Tom Hiddleston as Dr. Robert Laing, the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech concrete skyscraper whose lofty location places him amongst the upper class. Laing quickly settles into high society life and meets the building’s eccentric tenants: Charlotte (Miller), his upstairs neighbor and bohemian single mother; Wilder (Evans), a charismatic documentarian who lives with his pregnant wife, Helen (Moss); and Mr. Royal (Irons), the enigmatic architect who designed the building. Life seems like paradise to the solitude-seeking Laing. But as power outages become more frequent and building flaws emerge, particularly on the lower floors, the regimented social strata begins to crumble, and the building becomes a battlefield in a literal class war.
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The film's director Ben Wheatley last directed Meg 2: The Trench and In The Earth. The film's writer Amy Jump last wrote Kill List and The Wages Of Fear.

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Jeremy Thomas

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Key Facts

  • World-premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
  • Based on the 1975 novel by J.G. Ballard.

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for violence, disturbing images, strong sexual content/graphic nudity, language and some drug use
Runtime
1 hr, 52 m
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Language
English

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High Rise was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, May 13, 2016. There were 16 other movies released on the same date, including The Darkness, Money Monster and Kill Zone 2. As a limited release, High Rise was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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