Variety
Predictably, some items planted early in the film ... pop up in the third act with all the subtlety of a blast from Chekhov's gun.
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The Loft (2014)
Karl Urban and James Marsden star in this thriller about five men who share a secret loft to meet their separate mistresses. But when they find the naked dead body of a girl handcuffed to the bed, they begin to suspect each other of murder. From the director of the original Belgium-made version.
2014Rating: MA15+, Strong violence, drug use and sex scenes108 minsUSA, Belgium
DramaMysteryThriller
- Director:
- Erik Van Looy ('Loft', The Memory of a Killer')
- Writer:
- Bart De PauwWesley Strick
- Cast:
- Karl UrbanWentworth MillerJames MarsdenRhona MitraRachael TaylorIsabel Lucas
The Loft (2014) / Reviews
The Dissolve
Whatever fun there might be in the guesswork is wiped away by the realization that Van Looy has made a puzzle for a puzzle's sake, to no discernible thematic end.
Full reviewLos Angeles Times
This new iteration proves such a dour hodgepodge of bad behavior, bald-faced misogyny and ping-ponging alliances, it's more alienating than alluring.
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Hollywood Reporter
Erotic thrillers are a time-tested genre, but this effort, scripted by Wesley Strick, is neither erotic nor thrilling.
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