The Loft

"The right place to do wrong."

2014 1h 43m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 1,615

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For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are gripped by paranoia as each one suspects another.

“The right place to do wrong.”

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Cast

Karl Urban
Vincent Stevens
James Marsden
Chris Vanowen
Wentworth Miller
Luke Seacord
Eric Stonestreet
Marty Landry
Matthias Schoenaerts
Philip Trauner
Isabel Lucas
Sarah Deakins
Rachael Taylor
Anne Morris
Rhona Mitra
Allison Vanowen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Erik Van Looy
Writers: Wesley Strick, Bart De Pauw, Bart De Pauw
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Belgium

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MONEY

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Earned back only 72% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Belgium.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Erik Van Looy, shot by Nicolas Karakatsanis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Frizzell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Eddie Hamilton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Karl Urban and James Marsden and Wentworth Miller carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The right place to do wrong.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Erik Van Looy directs. Nicolas Karakatsanis behind the camera. John Frizzell scores. Eddie Hamilton cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, Belgium. Dialogue in English.

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1Earned back only 72% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 12 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Belgium.
4Directed by Erik Van Looy, shot by Nicolas Karakatsanis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by John Frizzell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Eddie Hamilton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Karl Urban and James Marsden and Wentworth Miller carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The right place to do wrong.".
9IMDB entry: tt1850397 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "infidelity", "male friendship", "murder", "loft".

The technical file

Cinematography: Nicolas Karakatsanis
Original score: John Frizzell
Editing: Eddie Hamilton
Production design: Kurt Loyens
Costume design: Liz Staub
Makeup / hair: Darryl Lucas
VFX supervisor: Mike Uguccioni
Sound: Tom Ozanich
Stunt coordinator: Jeff Galpin
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $14,000,000
Box office: $10,100,000
Return: 72% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Loft (2014)

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FrameFatale2026-07-26
★ 5/10
I recently obtained a large stack of blu-rays for cheap and this movie was among them. I randomly chose this one to watch, as I’m a sucker for a good thriller. The film was well shot, the acting good. Lots of pretty people, and locations. Much of the dialogue was hormonal teenager and frat boy and surface level deep. The premise completely questionable, the plot rather ridiculous but believable given the set up, turned ridiculous as time went on - it still offered some twists and kept me guessing the whole time. In summary: this is five friends acting like self absorbed pigs and behaving badly and covering for each other. The whole thing is a train wreck of characters who were tempting disaster. A line that illustrates the biggest problems with this film comes from one of the leads to his brother, “we don’t treat women like that.” After their brother raped and beat a girl. Which is so profoundly twisted coming from someone who is cheating on their wife (they all are) and then cover for his brother's crimes. Somehow they write this in as if this line makes them on some higher moral ground. Despite all of this, somehow I still could watch it even if goes against my standards. Mostly because I just wanted to know what happened and wondered if there would be some redemption for any one of these characters. Nope, it’s a modern thriller, that with a little more effort could have reworked the script to have someone who may have better motives and character instead we get lazy writing with very very very questionable men who every woman in the film, simply made the “mistake of falling for the wrong guy” and the guys still end up getting away with their crimes and behaviors and the women are just props and objects. There is no depth to anyone in this film and that is too bad because the story actually had some potential to become something completely different.

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