Rising Wolf trailer traps Charlotte Best in an elevator

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Samuel Goldwyn Films holds the worldwide rights to director Antaine Furlong's "stylistic thriller" about a young woman being trapped in an elevator in a Shanghai high-rise, a film which was released under the title Ascendant in Austalia and New Zealand back in April but will be called Rising Wolf when it receives a theatrical and VOD release in North America on August 6th. The trailer for Ascendant / Rising Wolf can be seen in the embed above.

Whatever you want to call it, the film was scripted by Furlong and Kieron Holand, and it stars Charlotte Best. Here's the synopsis: 

A young woman wakes, trapped, kidnapped in an elevator of a super high­ rise building at the mercy of her tormentors. This stylistic thriller, set in Shanghai, explores a young woman's instinct to survive in a situation out of her control. Trapped, without any form of escape, and cocooned in the belly of the beast, Aria is forced to adapt her thinking, her beliefs and her endurance. This is the first of the journeys that assault her mind and her senses, pinning her down in anguish only to emerge connected to abilities that define who she truly is.

As that description hints, there's more going on in this story than someone being tormented in an elevator for the entire running time.

Best is joined in the cast by Jonny Pasvolsky, Alex Menglet, Susan Prior, Lily Stewart, Justin Cotta, Tahlia Sturzaker, and Karelina Clarke.

Furlong produced the film alongside Kristy Vernon, James Vernon, and Drew Bailey. Liz Furlong and Bec Kemp were executive producers.

Check out the trailer to see if Rising Wolf looks like a movie you'd like to see. Or if you're in Australia or New Zealand and have already seen the movie, let us know what you thought of it by leaving a comment below.