Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller and Luke Evans team up in Ben Wheatley's latest movie, "High-Rise", which is an adaptation of J. G. Ballard's best-selling 1975 novel.
The dystopian thriller centers on the residents of a very unusual high-rise apartment block, where the rich live on the upper floors, while the less well off reside below.
Hiddleston plays Dr Laing, who moves into the middle of the block. Living alone, he is something of a spectator, watching the anarchy build around him.
"It was really interesting because there is something very active about the way in which he is passive. He is someone who is observing everybody else, he is trying to fit in and trying to find the most efficient way of living in this new high rise which is not obstructive to anyone else and allows him space to be private and make friends."
While four decades have passed since Ballard's story was published, Hiddleston believes its message speaks to the current zeitgeist.
"I think there's something in the way our society is structured - which will always be relevant until it changes - which is people feel a justified anger about being asked to stay in their lane. They are born into a position in society and they're expected to stay there,"
Playing a resident of the lower floors who becomes pivotal in the revolt against the upper floors, Luke Evans echoes Hiddleston's opinion.
"Even though the book is 30 (40) years old and the story was written by someone in the mid-70s, even placing the film in the late-70s is still reminiscent of what we experience and observe throughout the world today. Human nature and society and the class system and all those things,"
While the movie takes onboard the cinematic needs of a 2016 audience, Sienna Miller says it stays true to Ballard's vision.
"I think it is authentically the book and I do think that it is very current and interesting and thought provoking and dark and twisted and cult-ish."
"High-Rise" hits U.K. cinemas on March 18th.