The Platform 2 Movie Reviewed / Explained

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I got to watch the 2nd part of The Platform on Netflix today and below is my short review & explanation from my perspective (spoilers ahead):

Just like the first part, there are a lot of metaphors and answers to some of the questions from the first part too.

The film starts off with the plot known to the prisoners and just like in the real world, there are revolutionist groups formed. They fight against each other throughout the movie which makes this part a bit boring for me. Still, fortunately, the makers take us through the journey of the protagonist/female/heroine who first tries to abide by the rules but then notices how doing so doesn’t help her much, the transition happens when she meets different characters in the film. We’re shown how she becomes rebellious to go against the system at last and this time we’re shown how the prisoners have advanced themselves to find a hack to become conscious when the prison admins clean up the space by the end of every month and that’s where this film ends.

The children are shown as metaphors to show how they first maintain discipline while playing then gradually start losing control and the kid that goes on top of the gameplay is taken by a couple of adults(female among them is the woman who was searching for her kid in the 1st part) and that kid/boy is placed at the bottom floor(333) of the prison which I think is a metaphor that represents that even the ones who reach the top in our society is imprisoned by something and isn’t truly free or has dictatorship or full control of his life or anything.

The question in the first part of why the children were kept on the last floor is probably because the adults entering this prison aren’t getting out alive(since the bottom of the prison represents that they’re dead because the dead ones finally accompany them) and hence when reaching the bottom they meet a child and saving the kid makes the adult feel accomplished of something in their life and they pass away with that feeling of accomplishment thus giving them a peaceful ending, IDK, probably, just a thought from my end.

And this film isn’t a sequel but a prequel and we’d know this in the end when the first part characters meet the ones in the 2nd part after a period and the first part’s male protagonist is probably the partner of 2nd part’s female protagonist.


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