The Riot Club (2014)

Directed by

Lone Scherfig

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

12

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 1,024 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of wealthy Oxford students gather for an exclusive private club dinner that spirals into violence and destruction. The film follows the night's events as privilege and entitlement lead to a shocking crime.

tensedarkly comicelitistunsettlingclaustrophobicprovocativecausticcontrolleddramatic

What happens

The Riot Club is a 2014 British thriller drama film directed by Lone Scherfig and written by Laura Wade, based on Wade's 2010 play Posh. The film stars Sam Claflin, Max Irons and Douglas Booth. It is set among the Riot Club, a fictional all-male, exclusive dining club at the University of Oxford. When the play Posh premiered, the Riot Club was often described as a thinly veiled version of the real-life Bullingdon Club, although according to Wade, it is entirely fictitious. The film was released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 19 September 2014 by Universal Pictures International. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $3.5 million at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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