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.
- Director:
- Erik Van Looy ('Loft', The Memory of a Killer')
- Writer:
- Bart De PauwWesley Strick
- Cast:
- Karl UrbanWentworth MillerJames MarsdenRhona MitraRachael TaylorIsabel Lucas
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressPredictably, some items planted early in the film ... pop up in the third act with all the subtlety of a blast from Chekhov's gun.
The Dissolve
pressWhatever 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.
Los Angeles Times
pressThis new iteration proves such a dour hodgepodge of bad behavior, bald-faced misogyny and ping-ponging alliances, it's more alienating than alluring.
Hollywood Reporter
pressErotic thrillers are a time-tested genre, but this effort, scripted by Wesley Strick, is neither erotic nor thrilling.
Variety
pressPredictably, some items planted early in the film ... pop up in the third act with all the subtlety of a blast from Chekhov's gun.
The Dissolve
pressWhatever 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.
Los Angeles Times
pressThis new iteration proves such a dour hodgepodge of bad behavior, bald-faced misogyny and ping-ponging alliances, it's more alienating than alluring.
Hollywood Reporter
pressErotic thrillers are a time-tested genre, but this effort, scripted by Wesley Strick, is neither erotic nor thrilling.
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