"Later, as he sat on the balcony eating the dog, so Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months." So begins J.G. Ballard's 1975 novel High-Rise, and director Ben Wheatley kicks-off his film adaptation in much the same fashion, with Tom Hiddleston playing the doctor in question, cooking up a canine storm and recounting the sorry tale that led him down such a dark route.
It's a relatively faithful adaptation, the film filled with satire, horror and the blackest of humour. And the director of Down Terrace, Kill List and Sightseers is just the man to capture the uncomfortable and unsettling nature of the source material. But it doesn't quite hold together in the final third, the film - much like the book - suffering from an underwhelming conclusion that fails to do justice to what has gone before.
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