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Every month, prisoners switch between the tower's many floors and are fed by a vertically moving platform with food on it. The platform is initially filled with food, and gradually descends through the tower's levels, stopping for a fixed amount of time on each floor.
This movie is officially classified as a sci-fi move (among other genres) but is it necessarily? Do I just not fully understand what it means for a movie to be considered sci-fi? In my mind, the Platform is certainly a psychological thriller and a dystopian film, but I don’t see anything that couldn’t occur within the realm of our world in ...
Helpless hapless prisoners trying to survive and adapt in a flawed, corrupt system put in place by unseen lying princes living in unfathomable luxury... sounds right. I liked this movie a lot, I even took a risk and recommended it to my mother although she hates gore in films.
The Platform (2019) was an intriguing take on Marxism. After hearing praise from friends, I thought I'd give this movie a go. I wouldn't say it was a banger but it definitely wasn't bad either. What struck me was how aspects of Marxist ideals were captured within the 1hr34mins screen time.
Mar 21, 2020 · Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia makes a brutally haunting debut with ‘The Platform’ as it fleshes out the horrors of capitalism and class structures. While the film has as an “obvious” social allegory, it is Gaztelu-Urrutia’s treatment of the allegory that makes it stand out from others in the genre.
Parents need to know that The Platform is a 2019 horror sci-fi movie in which a man lives inside a vertical prison where a giant spread of food is lowered each day, one floor at a time, until eaten. There are many disturbing scenes, including moments of attempted cannibalism, actual cannibalism, a pet dog….
While it may feel muddled at times, The Platform is an inventive and captivating dystopian thriller. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. It's anything but a balanced diet, but there's much to chew...
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