Netflix has left me hungry for more of the Spanish dystopian thriller The platform 2 after revealing a sneak peek at the sequel.
We assess The platform as one of the best Netflix movies, so it’s great to see that Netflix is serving up a second helping on the top streaming service after the standalone horror was renewed for a sequel last year – and if the exclusive clip (see below) is anything to go by, it’ll be as bleak and depressing as ever when we return to the desperate vertical prison.
The platform became one of Netflix’s best horror films for its social commentary on capitalism, inequality, and class divides. Set in a vertical prison complex where food rations are passed down a descending platform, prisoners on the top floor take more than their fair share, leaving those below to starve on scraps until one man vows to change the system.
In the eerie exclusive first clip released as part of Netflix’s Geeked Week, cellmates Perempuan (Milena Smit) and Zamiatin (Hoik Keuchkerian) are two new victims who are now languishing in the squalid prison. They introduce themselves to each other as a large feast of food disappears from a platform between them. It’s clear that Perempuan is haunted by whatever she did to end up in the Pit, but what that is remains to be seen.
Another piece on The Platform
It seems that the brutal feeding system is making a comeback The platform 2, where that platform carries food between floors, with those trapped on the highest level getting the most and those on the lowest level getting the least or nothing at all once the platform reaches them. The class system changes every month as prisoners are given a new floor to survive on.
The platform 2 sees a new leader impose their rule over the Platform and introduce a resident who fights against the controversial feeding method. However, their fight for survival takes a deadly turn when eating from the wrong plate could have fatal consequences.
While we don’t know for sure if any characters from the original film will return, we can bet that filmmaker Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia will use the new cast of Natalia Tena (Game of Thrones), Óscar Jaenada (The shallows), and Tadashi Ito (Under Paris) to – as we can only hope – bring the curtain down on the broken class system and the enormous gap between rich and poor.
I can only hope that the sequel will be as satisfying as the first part and possibly lead to a third part to complete this cinematic three-course meal.