High-Rise First Clip

by Helen Earnshaw | 10 March 2016

There's just over a week to go now until we see Tom Hiddleston back in action on the big screen in High-Rise.

High-Rise

The popular British actor is already whipping up a storm and sending a few pulses racing on TV with The Night Manager, but High-Rise sees him team up with filmmaker Ben Wheatley for the first time.

High-Rise is the first time that we have seen the actor on the big screen since Crimson Peak last year and it kicks off a very busy 2016 for him.

And Hiddleston takes centre stage in this great first clip from the film as he shares the screen with fellow Brit Jeremy Irons. Take a look:

A wonderful cast has been assembled as Hiddleston and Irons are joined by Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes and Elisabeth Moss.

High-Rise is a big screen adaptation of the book of the same name by J.G. Ballard and is the first film for Wheatley since A Field in England back in 2013.

Wheatley is one of the most exciting British directors around and has already brought us films like Sightseers and Kill List - it is great to see him back.

1975. Two miles west of London, Dr. Robert Laing moves into his new apartment seeking soulless anonymity, only to find that the building's residents have no intention of leaving him alone. Resigned to the complex social dynamics unfolding around him, Laing bites the bullet and becomes neighbourly.

As he struggles to establish his position, Laing's good manners and sanity disintegrate along with the building. The lights go out and the lifts fail but the party goes on. People are the problem. Booze is the currency. Sex is the panacea. Only much later, as he sits on his balcony eating the architect's dog, does Dr. Robert Laing finally feel at home.