The Loft

The Loft Review - 4/10

 This movie was shot back in 2011 but wasn't released until this past year. That usually isn't a good omen for a movie but the premise intrigued me so I gave it a shot. Needless to say I should've skipped it.

The plot is simple, a group of 5 men share a loft so they can cheat on their wives and do whatever else they want to. The only rules are 1. No one else but the 5 can know and 2. They must tell the others when the loft is in use so to not have an accidental meet up. Right from the beginning the dilemma occurs as one of the men show up to the loft to find a dead girl lying in bed. From there all 5 men show up and the movie takes off.

Throughout the movie we are switched between the past and how the loft became to be, and the present in which the five of them try to figure out who did this and why. The biggest problem however, is that none of these five characters are likeable. They all cheat and lie to their wives and to each other. The wives and the mistresses aren't likeable either, so when we go back in time it's not interesting.

When we do finally find out everything, the first twist was good and I thought that this wasn't such a waste of time. But it wasn't finished and they added another twist, which just added to the disappointment. The overall idea was good but the execution wasn't there. 4/10