The world feels like it's currently at Tom Hiddleston's feet.
He's wowing weekly with his turn in The Night Manager, the nation has gone wild for his peachy bottom, and he's even being tipped for Bond.
But his new film is High-Rise. Here's why we think you should see it.
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It’s adapted from a 1975 book by JG Ballard, whose novels Crash and Empire Of The Sun became films by David Cronenberg and Steven Spielberg. High-Rise has been mooted as a film adaptation since the 1970s, and is all set in a single tower block with the rich living at the luxurious top and the poor on the scummy lower floors.
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Tom Hiddleston stars as a doctor called Robert Laing, whose hobbies – luckily for us – include reading on his balcony in the nude. “You’re a fine specimen,” he’s informed by upstairs neighbour Sienna Miller, perceptively.
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The attractive cast also includes Luke Evans (impressive, after a rather dodgy run of movies), Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss and handsome young Brit Augustus Prew (Kick-Ass 2).
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This. Just this:
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It’s directed by the critically admired Ben Wheatley, whose films include Kill List, Sightseers and baffling English Civil War drama A Field In England. High-Rise is his biggest-budget and most-ambitious picture so far.
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The claustrophobic story involves decadent partying and escalating anarchy. It’s very stylishly made, but – with not a lot to care about – it sure plays long at just under two hours.
High-Rise is released in the UK on 18 March.