"The Loft"

Posted for Andrew Hamblet

“If you accept the key, you accept the rules.” “The Loft” is a movie categorized under “mystery, romance, thriller.” The movie came out in 2014 and was quite controversial due to the movie’s plot. IMDB’s description of the movie is as follows:

“Five married guys conspire to secretly share a penthouse loft in the city--a place where they can carry out hidden affairs and indulge in their deepest fantasies. But the fantasy becomes a nightmare when they discover the dead body of an unknown woman in the loft, and they realize one of the group must be involved.”

The plot of the movie is obviously what raised concerns. A movie containing murder, betrayal, sex, and drugs is undoubtedly made to do take some people out of their comfort zone. “The Loft” does just that. It is very unethical, and many people refused to watch it plainly because of this fact. The fact that people refused to watch this movie because of this is quite a shame. The movie is well written and, if you pay close enough attention, you can piece together the movie almost to the very end. This movie has a high number of twists and turns on who is to blame for the dead woman in the five men’s loft.

The five men are: Vincent the architect, Chris the psychologist, Luke and Marty the real estate agents, and Chris’s half-brother Philip are all married and best-friends. Four of the five, excluding Luke, are shown using the Loft for their unethical hookups. The movie begins with Luke walking in with groceries and upon realizing the dead woman in the bed, drops them all. He calls the other four men to the Loft, so they can try and figure out what happened. Four of the men show up, excluding Philip, and they all deny having any part of the situation. The men collectively decide to leave the police officers out of this, as to not hang a friend out to dry. So, they all begin playing detective and trying to single out who it could be.

The first idea that is presented is the possibility that someone else broke in and did this. This is dismissed when the fact that anyone entering the Loft would have to have one of the five keys, so it goes back to the five men.