Film Review – High-Rise

Director Ben Wheatley has built a career making tough, impenetrable semi-horror pictures that explore grim psychological abysses and shocking violence. He’s dealt with domestic meltdowns (“Down Terrace”), period torment (“A Field in England), and cult nightmares (“Kill List”), but “High-Rise” pulls Wheatley into the big time, gifted known actors and a reasonable budget to create a suspense feature that details a vicious societal breakdown in a tight, suffocating space. It’s not quite the haves vs. the have nots, but “High-Rise” definitely has a few ideas on the state of the world and the ravages of unchecked capitalism. However, for every sharp stick jab of satire, Wheatley provides needless excess, clinging tight to repetitive helming habits that ultimately drown out the material’s war cry.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com