{"id":608315,"date":"2026-05-28T10:43:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/608315\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:43:20","slug":"tom-hiddlestons-captivating-british-thriller-is-the-movie-you-need-to-see-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/608315\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hiddleston’s “captivating” British thriller is the movie you need to see tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Hiddleston has built up an impressive movie CV over the years, and among the highlights is his impressive dystopian thriller High-Rise, which is definitely one to catch if you’re looking for something good to watch this evening.<\/p>\n

Released in 2015, the film is based on JG Ballard’s book of the same and follows residents in a luxury tower block in London. Seen through the eyes of new resident Robert Laing (Hiddleston), tensions start to rise between the residents in the block as things start to descend into chaos.<\/p>\n

The movie comes from Ben Wheatley, who has helmed a variety of different movies including Sightseers, Rebecca and Meg 2: The Trench, while long-term collaborator and spouse Amy Jump wrote the screenplay.<\/p>\n

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Who’s in the cast of High-Rise?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tom Hiddleston is Robert Laing
\u2022 Sienna Miller is Charlotte Melville
\u2022 Elisabeth Moss is Helen Wilder
\u2022 Luke Evans is Richard Wilder
\u2022 Jeremy Irons is Anthony Royal
\u2022 Keeley Hawes is Ann Royal
\u2022 James Purefoy is Pangbourne
\u2022 Sienna Guillory is Jane
\u2022 Reece Shearsmith is Steele
\u2022 Peter Ferdinando is Cosgrove
\u2022 Augustus Prew is Munrow
\u2022 Bill Paterson is Mercer
\u2022 Tony Way is Robert the Caretaker
\u2022 Enzo Cilenti is Talbot
\u2022 Stacy Martin is Fay<\/p>\n

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What did the critics say about High-Rise?<\/p>\n

High-Rise received mixed to positive reviews from critics at the time, earning a 60% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> based on 224 reviews.<\/p>\n

Globe & Mail<\/a> called it “horrifying and immensely captivating”, while The Independent<\/a> said it was “visionary film-making, wildly ambitious, very caustic and hitting the bull’s eye of almost every target in its sights”.<\/p>\n

Empire<\/a> further labelled it “batshit crazy”, adding: “Don\u2019t expect a thriller in the seat-edge sense, but you will be thrilled \u2013 and repulsed \u2013 by this bold, faithful adaptation of Ballard\u2019s ever-prescient picture of First World strife.”<\/p>\n

However, Variety<\/a> suggested: “It could take decades for critics and audiences to appreciate whatever genius lurks behind the chaos, but for the time being, it seems like little more than madness.”<\/p>\n

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Moviestore\/Shutterstock\/\/StudioCanal<\/p>\n

Where can I watch High-Rise?<\/p>\n

High-Rise is available to watch<\/a> via StudioCanal Presents<\/a>, which Prime Video<\/a> users can add as a channel to their subscriptions. The channel comes with a seven-day free trial, after which it costs \u00a34.99 a month.<\/p>\n

Prime Video, meanwhile, costs \u00a38.99 a month, while new users can get a free trial of the full Amazon Prime service.<\/p>\n

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What else can I watch Tom Hiddleston in?<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for more Tom Hiddleston stuff to watch, then his 2024 movie The Life of Chuck is streaming now on Netflix<\/a>. Starring the actor as the titular account \u2013 and based on a novella by Stephen King \u2013 the movie follows his life story in reverse order as the world draws to an end. The film also features the likes of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Nick Offerman and Mark Hamill.<\/p>\n

There are also plenty of Marvel outings starring Hiddleston as Loki, with the Thor movies and TV series Loki available on Disney+. Meanwhile, both seasons of spy thriller The Night Manager \u2013 in which the actor plays protagonist Jonathan Pine \u2013 are streaming on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n

High-Rise is available to stream now via StudioCanal Presents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies<\/a>, TV<\/a> and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME<\/a> and Screen International<\/a>. \u00a0Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings<\/a> to Love Is Blind<\/a>, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Hiddleston has built up an impressive movie CV over the years, and among the highlights is his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[147950,379,207193,381,96,2788,190731,1156,2839,207192,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-608315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-fb205dbb-6954-47e6-a987-68d6bf5e31f0","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-hiddlestons-captivating-thriller-is-movie-to-see-tonight","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}