Dr. Laing’s new apartment is situated halfway up a high-tech skyscraper which aggressively divides its tenants by class. He quickly settles into high society life on the upper floors. But as architectural flaws emerge on the lower levels, the building becomes a battlefield in a literal class war.
Ben Wheatley’s take on J.G. Ballard’s classic dystopian novel evokes the cinema of Nicolas Roeg, who was originally slated to direct the film in the late 1970s. Wheatley’s cold and minimalist tower block accommodates for escalating class tensions and a suffocating madness that descends into mayhem.
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