“The Platform” is now now not a subtle movie.
That’s apt of its potential to disaster, with intense, bloody scenes that prompted heaps of screaming and pausing from your hosts at the Customary Drawl podcast. It’s moreover apt of its thematic self-discipline subject — good round the time one amongst the characters accuses one more of being communist, you’ll slap your self on the forehead and grunt, “Oh, it’s about capitalism.”
The fresh Netflix movie takes space in a mysterious penal complicated, with two prisoners on every level (they’re randomly rotated every month). As soon as on every day foundation, a platform laden with delectable food is diminished by diagram of the penal complicated. When you occur to’re on one amongst the pause phases, you feast. When you occur to’re extra down, issues are considerably more grim, and can turn out to be downright grotesque because the month wears on.
“The Platform” is a laborious movie to take a seat down by diagram of, and it has other faults, take care of an irritatingly mystical ending. But it’s absolutely memorable, and even admirable in its dedication to utterly exploring each and each the logistical and good dimensions of its premise.
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And even as you’d defend to skip ahead, right here’s how the episode breaks down:
0: 00 Intro
0: 27 “The Platform” review
17: 29 “The Platform” spoilers
