High-Rise is a tour de force from filmmaker Ben Wheatley. The film, based on the J.G. Ballard novel of the same name, tells the story of Robert Laing, played by Tom Hiddleston, and his ascension through the brutal social ranks of a residential tower block in 1970's England. During pre-production, Wheatley asked Jay Shaw to create a conceptual image to represent the overarching narrative. The building is presented with the entrance on the top floors. You're either born up there or you don't get in at all.