EBJ
# No Spoilers!Directed by Eric Van LooyStarring Karl Urban, Wentworth Miller and James MarsdenOverall: This movie is really bad and I definitely don't recommend you see it. Two semi-competent performances and the little amount of will to live I had left in me kept this movie from being a 1/10. It is just plain terrible and I beg of you not to see it. It's not so bad it's good; it's so bad it's awful.# Possible Spoilers!Good:1. Wentworth Miller does decent as Luc Seynaeve2. Karl Urban was okay as Vincent.3. I was reasonably interested in the movie throughout.Bad:1. All other actors were appalling2. Two grand, game changing twists were not needed. One was fine.3. Speaking of the twist, I guessed the final outcome within maybe 10 minutes of the film starting.4. Horrific cinematography.5. Even the minuscule effects used were awful.3/10
Davis P
The loft is a mind boggling thriller about five men who share a loft, where they will sometimes take women up there and cheat on their wives. One thing I'd like to say is that I got angry a lot throughout this movie just because of the animal like behavior of the sick men in this movie. There are like 2 characters in this movie that are clean and not adulterous, lying, cheating filthy people. Having that said, I liked the casting and I thought that every actor did their best to represent their role. James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, Karl urban, and Eric stonestreet all did a pretty good job. This thriller does have a somewhat surprising twist ending, which I always love and then just when you think you have everything all figured out, something else surprising occurs. I also don't think the movie was too short or too long, I think it had a suitable runtime. If you like entertaining mind boggling thrillers, then the loft is for you. It certainly could've been better, but I don't think it deserves all the hate that it's gotten. 7/10 for The Loft.
Kirpianuscus
after its end , the basic question is if it could be considered a real good film. and it is. because against each critic, it has a lot of virtues who convince. first- the cast. it is a memorable occasion to see Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller or Mattias Schoenarts together. then - for the seductive plot , real roller coaster for viewer. and not the last, for the theme. for the admirers of the genre it is a must see. for the rest - a nice show about appearances, sin, temptation, family and love, friendship and the responsibility for the pleasure. the basic good point - the feeling to discover an old fashion thriller. and this impose "The Loft" as one of interesting titles. the basic bad point - maybe the not real inspired end.
Seppe De Boel
I watched the original (Belgian) version when it came out and it was really good. The story, actors and location all matched up. When they announced that they were working on a Hollywood version all I could think was:"don't f*ck this up". But they did. They copied the whole script. Every move. This worked in dutch/flemmish, but NOT in English. The choice of actors was not always that great. They copied the original movie but exaggerated in every way possible. A lot of the characters did not match the personalities they had to play. The Belgian movie industry brought out a lot of good movies. And Loft was one of them. You need to watch the original movie to appreciate the script.
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