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The Loft

2014 · 103 min

A sleek, paranoid puzzle that keeps you guessing as friendships curdle into suspicion, with a cold, stylish tension throughout.

Tagline: The right place to do wrong.
Overview: For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are gripped by paranoia as each one suspects another.

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
guilt
deception
loyalty
obsession
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
twist ending
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller
Directed by: Erik Van Looy
Written by: Wesley Strick, Bart De Pauw
Starring: Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, Eric Stonestreet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Isabel Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Rhona Mitra
Music: John Frizzell
Cinematography: Nicolas Karakatsanis
Runtime: 103 min
Country: United States of America, Belgium
Languages: English

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