The Platform 2
Hunger will be the least of your worries.
After a mysterious leader imposes his law in a brutal system of vertical cells, a new arrival battles against a dubious food distribution method.
Wokeness: 20%
Overall Score: 50%
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Ben
The original was awesome, don't bother with this one.
I watched the first movie last night, it was really impactful and stood out (though really fucked up).
This one I struggled through. You can almost feel the 'diversity' and ugliness shit on purpose, plus it makes absolutely no sense, it seems to purposely be trying to confuse you, but not in a good way to make you think, just ridiculous.
The first i'd strongly recommend, but the director lost it on this one. The first one I couldn't stop watching even though it was completely crazy, the second one I had to force myself to finish it.
Created: 01-17-2025
Michaels
Terror is the message
We are once again sentenced to 90 minutes of watching horrors unfold in the brutal vertical prison. There is nothing woke, but with its opaque, artsy symbolism, "The Platform 2" won't be to most people's tastes, obviously.
We are introduced to a faction called the Loyalists, who add their own rules to the prison’s. Like Reddit mods, their goal is equity, but their authoritarian methods spiral into tyranny.
The Loyalists’ Antichrist-like leader echoes historical religious dictatorships (and Reddit mods). His arbitrary cruelty drives some Loyalists to join the opposing Barbarians, setting the stage for conflict.
While the first two acts exposit authoritarianism, the final act descends into surrealism. Obvious reason is obvious, obviously.
At some point the film switches from reality to non-reality or at least not our reality. I think the switch happens earlier than any other reviewers suspect, when our protagonist eats something inedible. It doesn't really matter, because this is an art film, and so whether real or surreal it's conveying abstract ideas through symbolism.
Critically, somewhere along the way, we learn whether "The Platform 2" is a sequel or a prequel. The two movies constitute a single story, challenging to divine. Perhaps the films' true message is simply: "we are prisoners of ourselves".
After watching the film, you will be confused, so then read the link below (but you will still be confused):
https://mashable.com/article/the-platform-2-ending-explained
Created: 01-20-2025
