作者James Graham "J. G." Ballard擅長建造末日世界反映當代人類處境,曾以《太陽帝國》備受讚譽,被評為英國最好看的當代小說之一!
★英國獨立電影獎「最佳編劇」、「最佳男主角」、「最佳女主角」、「最佳男配角」四項提名!
1975年,年紀輕輕便邁向人生勝利組的羅伯萊恩醫生(湯姆希德斯頓飾)決定搬進倫敦市郊一棟最先進的超奢華摩天大廈,打算過著與世隔絕的安逸生活。這棟摩天樓猶如極樂世界般自給自足,住戶們每天都舉辦派對享樂狂歡,在這裡,酒精是唯一的貨幣、性是解決紛擾的萬靈丹,新入住的羅伯理所當然也就成了大家最感好奇的名人。羅伯努力想融入紙醉金迷的糜爛生活,但他只希望尋求平靜,沒想到這棟大廈裡的住戶們不但沒有要放過他,笑容背後更隱藏了許多不可告人的可怕秘密…
極樂烏托邦現形!沒有紛爭、沒有病痛的完美假象
“如狂潮席捲而來!”–Screen International
想像一個自給自足的地方:沒有紛爭、沒有病痛,在這裡不問身份地位,所有人皆一而平等。《無限殺人意料之外》導演班懷特利改編自知名作家巴拉德作品的《摩天樓》,帶領觀眾一同進入狂歡毫無止盡的極樂烏托邦。導演特別以1970年代作為時空背景,量身打造一個看似想像卻又極其真實的理想國,把所有人都放進一棟最先進的摩天大樓,「觀眾在看的時候會覺得這是在講70年代的故事,但不知為什麼,卻又會覺得好像講的是自己可能即將面對的未來,感覺好像回到過去卻又到了未來,這份說不出、似曾相識的詭譎,就是整部片的核心。」導演的巧思也讓《摩天樓》更添一份懸疑色彩,劇情高潮不斷,Screen International形容《摩天樓》「如狂潮席捲而來!」究竟在這個好像很完美的國度裡,一切安逸的生活是理所當然,還是驚悚假象?
Coming in March 2016 from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley, a major motion picture adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss.
‘Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months.’
Within the walls of a high-tech forty-storey high-rise, the residents are hell-bent on an orgy of sex and destruction, answering to primal urges that their utopian surroundings can’t satisfy. The high-rise is a would-be paradise turned dystopia, ruled by intimidation and violence, and, as the residents organize themselves for war, floor against floor, no one wants it to stop …