Five years after Netflix’s dystopic thriller The Platform disturbed viewers, the streaming platform has confirmed that a just-as-gory sequel is on the way.
The 2019 Spanish film is set in a prison known as The Pit filled with vertically stacked cells in which a large platter of food is slowly lowered from top to bottom.
The inmates ‘watch hungrily as food descends from above, feeding the upper tiers, [but] leaving those below ravenous and radicalized’ as it captures mankind’s horrifying behavior in its ‘darkest and hungriest’ moments.
The brutal class commentary proved itself a hit, ranking number five in Netflix’s Top Ten non-English Films and totting up almost 83,000,000 views.
Now, viewers are hungry for more as Netflix shared that a sequel will air later this year. But be warned- it is not for the faint-hearted.
The one-minute trailer accompanied by the caption: ‘Who’s ready for seconds?’ takes us back to the same prison where inmates continue their feral scramble for food.
The teaser is packed with graphic scenes of fiery, and bloodthirsty food consumption as the pitted-against prisoners are driven to extreme violence to stay well-fed.
The synopsis reads: ‘As a mysterious leader imposes their rule in the Platform, a new resident becomes embroiled in the battle against this controversial method to fight the brutal feeding system.
‘But when eating from the wrong plate becomes a death sentence, how far would you be willing to go to save your life?’
The sequel features Spanish film star Milena Smit and actor and stand-up comedian Hovik Keuchkerian with Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia returning as the director.
Half a decade on fans are celebrating the return of the dystopian universe, even if they are still feeling queasy from the last one.
‘The first one made me physically ill. Can’t wait,’ @broderick wrote.
‘I still can’t get the first movie out of my head. Can’t wait!!!!’ @mimi_greenidge echoed.
‘The platform is one the best sci-fi thriller movies I’ve ever seen. It’s an engrossing thriller, darkly comical and with a solid commentary on the social fabric. Can’t wait to watch the sequel,’ @sacred rain added.
The first film followed fellow inmates Goreng (Iván Massagué) and Baharat (Emilio Buale) as they tried to send a ‘message’ to those running the prison by attempting to feed everyone equally.
‘With its generous helpings of cannibalism, suicide, starvation, blood, guts and feces, how could it not be a crowd-pleaser?’ the New York Times reviewed in 2019.
‘It’s a harrowing, thought-provoking film, and one that will stay with me,’ Forbes added.
The ending was left ambiguous as to whether Goreng was successful, or even left alive, as he rides the platform down through a seemingly endless number of levels with his experience plagued by cannibalism, terrible visions, and ruthless infighting.
Eventually, he comes across a downtrodden girl who he attempts to send all the way to the top.
The director said at the time: ‘To me, that lowest level doesn’t exist. Goreng is dead before he arrives, and that’s just his interpretation of what he felt he had to do.
‘Ultimately I wanted it to be open to interpretation, whether the plan worked and the higher-ups even care about the people in the pit.
‘We actually did film a different ending of the girl arriving at the first level, but we took it out of the movie.’
But with a sequel on the way, the open ending could finally be addressed. Or the film could begin with a clean slate as we are immersed into a whole new set of characters.
The Platform 2 arrives on Netflix on October 4.
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