High-Rise — U.S. Trailer

added: Tue, Mar 15th '16

When the social structure of a luxury apartment tower starts to crack from the weight of jealousy, Tom Hiddleston finds himself on the verge of a total meltdown. It's just the price one must pay for living the high life -- a life that's "prone to fits of mania, narcissism, and power failure."

Watch a shellshocked Hiddleston as he buckles from the pressure of civil unrest in the new U.S. trailer for "High-Rise," the film adaptation of the 1975 novel by author J.G. Ballard (Crash, Empire of the Sun).

Jeremy Irons, Elisabeth Moss, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, and James Purefoy co-star.

Directed by cult British helmer Ben Wheatley (A Field in England, Sightseers), the 1970s-set thriller, which stylistically paints a violent social revolution that ignites inside the floor levels of a state-of-the-art apartment building, will be released on iTunes, Amazon Video, and On-Demand starting April 28th. It will also arrive in theaters on May 13th.

synopsis:
London, 1975. Robert Laing (Tom Hiddleston) is a young doctor seduced by the lifestyle in a high-rise, an isolated community, cut off from the rest of society in their luxury tower block, and its creator, the architect Anthony Royal (Jeremy Irons). Taking up residence on the twenty-fifth floor, Laing discovers a world of complex loyalties, and also strikes up a relationship with Royal's devoted aide Charlotte (Sienna Miller). After Laing befriends Richard Wilder (Luke Evans), a documentary filmmaker relegated to the second floor who is determined to provoke the class injustices inherent in the high-rise, a dangerous social situation develops and the high-rise eventually fragments into violent tribes.

directed by Ben Wheatley

starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Sienna Guillory, Keeley Hawes, Stacy Martin

release date April 28, 2016 (on iTunes, Amazon Video, On-Demand), May 13, 2016 (in theaters)

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