"I think they can hear you in Australia, love."
This latest entry into 2012's high-rise genre collection is an unexpectedly neat, taut micro-budget British thriller. The idea is simple and very effective - the remaining residents on the top floor of a tower block are picked off by a mystery sniper over a weekend - but this tight bottle concept also means that the plotting has very few places to go. Direction is confident and frequently interesting, editing is tight, and the simplistic synth score succeeds in a retro fashion. Although the residents are a predictable bunch of stereotypes, the cast is strong, with particularly good performances by the younger actors such as Jack O'Connell, Russell Tovey (successfully restrained here as a lonely alcoholic) and Sheridan Smith (who gives good Ripley). From the teaser and the opening sniper attack, which is superbly handled, Tower Block does more than enough to maintain interest throughout.
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