En nat i sin næsten tomme tårnblok i det moderne London får Adam et tilfældigt møde med en mystisk nabo Harry, som punkterer rytmen i hans hverdag. Da et forhold udvikler sig mellem dem, er Adam optaget af minder fra fortiden og finder sig selv trukket tilbage til forstadsbyen, hvor han voksede op, og barndomshjemmet, hvor hans forældre ser ud til at bo, ligesom de var den dag, de døde. , 30 år før.
En indsatsstyrke stormer en 30-etagers bygning, som menes at huse en bandeleder samt hans hær af hensynsløse dræbere. Men elitestyrken er ikke forberedt på det kaos, der venter, da husets eksploderer i et intensivt voldsorgie. Denne indonesiske actionfilm, instrueret af Gareth Evans (Merantau Warrior), er et langt action-volds orgie, der har fået filnørder over hele verdenen til at gå amok. Hvem har brug for en historie, når bare der er masser af automatvåben?
Den slimede Wall Street-skurk Arthur Shaw bliver fanget i at franarre sine investorer to milliarder dollars. Han får husarrest i sin luksuøse newyorker-lejlighed, men skæbnen vil, at de ansatte i selvsamme bygning alle har mistet deres pensionsopsparing på grund af Shaws lille nummer. Derfor rotter de sig sammen om at lave bræk i hans penthouse for at skaffe deres penge tilbage - plus det løse
Filmen foregår i 1970erne, og handler om et topmoderne højhus, der byder på alt, hvad hjertet begærer. Beboernes tilværelse er det rene utopi, lige indtil et sammenbrud i det selvskabte og ekstremt voldelige hierarki vender op og ned på det hele.
A partially under construction office tower is being haunted by a deadly presence which seems to target the building's architect.
Korrupte betjente stormer på egen hånd en bygning i søgen efter en kriminel bande, men det der møder dem overgår deres vildeste mareridt. Inde i bygningen er der mørkt som natten og de smalle korridorer fremkalder en klaustrofobisk fornemmelse af at noget er galt. Da betjentene når den øverste etage, indser de, at de er fanget som dyr af de levende døde, som gemmer sig i mørket og som langsomt nærmer sig deres bytte.
A claustrophobic armed robber, fleeing from his latest job, finds himself trapped with a group of people between floors in a high-rise building's elevator that is teetering on collapse.
Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.
A computer genius is confined to a penthouse after a car accident, with only a nurse to look after him. But the advanced computer systems designed to make his life easier appear to be taking control.
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings years back, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life, though grand, is falling apart due to his constant working. Wife and mother Jenny is lonely. Son Avery hates his job. Daughter Jennifer is snubbed by classmate Muriel and her friends. At a charity bazaar, Jennifer meets Berry and sparks are evident. However, he is engaged to Muriel and Muriel will make sure that she, and only she, marries Berry. After the marriage, Berry still thinks of Jennifer as Jennifer thinks of Berry. Avery laments about the state of his family since they were happy in Kansas City.
A windows cleaner is struggling to keep the building he is assigned to free from any dirt.
A brooding businessman reads his own suicide note on a roof. He ponders many questions about time travel.
An overview of high-rise construction activity in London. From the crane operators who build the new sky-scrapers to the tenants who live in the penthouses, this newsreel provides a colorful birds-eye view of London Town.