The film "Loft": reviews of the audience

In recent years, the thriller has regained its former popularity. At the box office there is a huge number of films with extremely intriguing storylines. The same type of films, at last, remained in the distant past. In particular, European filmmakers succeeded in declaring themselves in Hollywood. One such person is Eric van Loy, who created a notable film called The Loft (2014), which was released in Russian and was a great success for the audience.

The plot of the movie

Film "Loft" reviews positive character often gets just for the plot. This is not surprising, because he already knew many, and in the original version it was accepted very well. In the center of the narrative are the five best friends who have known each other for quite some time. They regularly share their problems with each other and often come together to have fun. Each of them has long enough to have wives, whom they love very much. But as often happens, the family idyll quickly bothers them. They want thrills that would allow them to diversify their sex lives.

Once they come to mind, they think, a great idea. They rent a hotel room and bring in five mistresses. They plan to spend an unforgettable night with them and meet all their needs. But all this eventually turns into a real nightmare for each of them. Inside they find in the room the corpse of one of the girls. She was brutally murdered. This could only be done by someone present in the room. Who and why did this terrible atrocity? Friends begin to suspect each other. The situation is heating up to the limit ...

Producer

The film "Loft", which we will discuss below, was shot by the talented Belgian director Eric Van Loye. The most noteworthy in all this is that literally five years before he had shot the same film, only at home. There he had such a deafening success that the Hollywood producers decided to take a remake. That's why they invited Van Loya, who again took advantage of this scenario. These films differ little from each other. Yes, other, much more well-known actors were invited. But the story itself remained unchanged. And if you have not seen the original, then the remake will definitely please you with its intrigue, which keeps you in suspense until the very end. Often the movie "Loft" reviews are called interesting and unpredictable, but this can only be heard from those who have not seen the original.

This practice, when a European makes a movie for Hollywood, is not used for the first time. Suffice it to recall Michael Hanake - the author of the acclaimed thriller "Funny Games." But he did not just take a remake, but also copied his masterpiece frame into the frame. It is quite an atypical approach, which in this case was avoided.

Actors

"Loft" (cinema) reviews the positive plan for a fine cast. In the American version of the film, well-known personalities who you could see in many Hollywood blockbusters of recent years have appeared. Let's talk about each actor separately.

Carl Urban

The main role was played by Carl Urban - an extremely talented person, able to play in any genre. Many of them know the trilogy "Star Trek", in which he got one of the main roles. Urban also played the role of Judge Dredd in the recent screen version of the comic book of the same name. Also in the track record of the actor are such works as Doom, "Bourne Supremacy" and "Lord of the Rings". In "Loft" for the first time in a long time he got a much more complicated psychological role, requiring experience in the drama. And I must say, Karl Urban perfectly coped with the task set before him. In many ways it was thanks to his work that this movie turned out to be so remarkable.

James Marsden

Another star of the "Loft" was James Marsden. You can know him by such well-known works as "Track 60", "X-Men" and "Return of Superman". His career was far less successful than that of Karl Urban. But this does not cancel the fact that Marsden is still able to give a strong role and surprise the audience with his game.

Wentworth Miller

This person is very well known to many of our viewers. First and foremost, he is the star of the popular TV series "Escape", which, incidentally, has recently started broadcasting again on TV. In "Loft" he played a secondary character for Luke and proved to the fans that he is not a hostage to one role, as is often the case with television actors.

Matthias Schnarts

Matthias Schnarts is a much less famous person. But we could not distinguish it in our article. The thing is that this is the only actor who also played in the original "Loft". And in this version of the film he again played the same role of Philip.

Reviews

To the film "Loft" viewers and critics reacted ambiguously. As it often happens, the first film was perceived much better than a remake. The thing is that the plot in "Loft" almost does not differ from the original. So those who are familiar with the movie in 2008, watching this version will be quite boring. But it's hard to deny the fact that everything is filmed quite stylish and atmospheric. The film "Loft" reviews are called capable of good "tickle your nerves." The tension does not leave the viewer during the whole time-keeping.

Also, many fans of the genre celebrated a good camera work of Nicholas Karakatsanis. But all this did not save "Loft" (film 2014), reviews of which, although there are positive, from the failure at the box office. Something went wrong. It seems that the plot is approved, and the work of the film crew found positive feedback, but still the mass audience simply ignored this story, even despite the presence of stars in the cast. As it seems to us, that's why the Belgian director Eric Van Loi has not taken off anything since.

Interesting Facts

Initially, the role in the movie "Loft" was considered a huge number of other stars. In particular, one of the leading roles could play not someone, but Elijah Wood himself, who was then at the peak of his popularity. But because of disagreements, he was forced to leave the project.

Among other things, Toby Maguire was also considered for the main role. But he did not get an agreement with the studio either. The same story happened with Rosamund Pike, Patrick Wilson and some other Hollywood stars. We could get a truly amazing cast. But those people who were eventually chosen for this film, coped well with the tasks assigned to them.