In recent years, the thriller has regained its former popularity. A huge number of films with extremely intriguing storylines appear at the box office. The same type of films, finally, remained in the distant past. Especially successful European directors who managed to declare themselves in Hollywood. One of these people is Eric Van Loy, who created a noteworthy film called “The Loft” (The Loft, 2014), which was released in Russia and had serious success with the audience.
Plot of the film
The film "Loft" reviews of a positive nature often receives exactly the plot. This is not surprising, because he was already familiar to many, and in the original version he was received very well. In the center of the story are five best friends who have known each other for quite some time. They regularly share their problems with each other and often get together to have fun. Each of them has had wives for a long time, whom they love very much. But as often happens, the family idyll quickly bothers them. They want a thrill that would diversify their sex life.
One day they think of a great idea. They rent a hotel room and bring five lovers there. They plan to spend an unforgettable night with them and satisfy all their needs. But all this eventually turns into a real nightmare for each of them. In the morning they find in the room the corpse of one of the girls. She was brutally murdered. Only someone from the room could do this. Who and why did this terrible crime? Friends begin to suspect each other. The situation is heating up to the limit ...
Producer
The film "Loft", reviews of which we will discuss below, was shot by the talented Belgian director Eric Van Loy. The most remarkable thing about all this is that literally five years before that he made the same film, only in his homeland. There he was such a resounding success that the Hollywood producers decided to make a remake. That is why they invited Van Loya, who again used this scenario. These films are not much different from each other. Yes, other, much more famous actors were invited. But the story itself has remained unchanged. And if you have not seen the original, then the remake will definitely delight you with its intrigue, which keeps you in suspense until the very end. Often the film "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 re-shoots his film for Hollywood, is not used for the first time. Suffice it to recall Michael Hanake - the author of the sensational thriller "Fun Games". But he not only shot a remake, but also copied his masterpiece frame into frame. A rather atypical approach, which in this case was avoided.
Cast
"Loft" (cinema) receives positive reviews for the excellent cast. In the American version of the film, quite famous personalities starred, which you could see in many Hollywood blockbusters of recent years. Let's talk about each actor individually.
Karl Urban
The main role was played by Karl Urban - an extremely talented person who can play in any genre. Many know him by the Star Trek trilogy, in which he got one of the main roles. Urban also played the role of Judge Dredd in the recent film adaptation of the comic book of the same name. Also in the track record of the actor are such works as Doom, "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Lord of the Rings". In “Loft” for the first time in a long time he got a much more complex psychological role, requiring experience in drama. And I must say, Karl Urban did an excellent job with his task. Largely thanks to his work, this movie turned out to be so remarkable.
James marsden
Another star of “Loft” was James Marsden. You can know him from such well-known works as "Route 60", "X-Men" and "Superman Returns". His career turned out to be much less successful than that of Karl Urban. But this does not negate the fact that Marsden is still able to play a strong role and surprise the audience with his game.
Wentworth Miller
This person is very well known to many of our viewers. First of all, he is the star of the popular TV series "Escape", which, by the way, has recently started broadcasting on TV recently. In “Loft” he played a minor character of Luke and proved to the fans that he was not held hostage to one role, as is often the case with television actors.
Matthias Schonarts
Matthias Schonarts is a much less famous person. But we could not isolate it in our article. The thing is that this is the only actor who also played in the original “Loft”. Moreover, in this version of the film, he again played the same role of Philip.
Reviews
The film "Loft" viewers and critics were ambiguous. As often happens, the first film was perceived much better than a remake. The thing is that the plot in "Loft" is practically no different from the original. So for those who are familiar with the 2008 film, watching this version will be quite boring. But it is difficult to deny the fact that everything is removed quite stylishly and atmosphericly. The film "Loft" reviews are called able to well "tickle your nerves." The tension does not leave the viewer throughout the entire timing.
Also, many fans of the genre noted the good camera work of Nicholas Karakatsanis. But all this did not save “Loft” (film 2014), reviews of which, although there are positive ones, from failure at the box office. Something went wrong. It seems that the plot was 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. It seems to us that this is why the Belgian director Eric Van Loy has not shot anything since then.
Interesting Facts
Initially, a huge number of other stars were considered for the role in the film "Loft". In particular, one of the leading roles could be played not by anyone, but by 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 the main role . But he did not manage to get agreement with the studio. 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 ultimately chosen for this film did an excellent job of their tasks.