The Platform 2The plot of is unique in more ways than one, but viewers looking for something similar still have a wide variety of thrillers to choose from. Serving as a Netflix prequel The platform, The Platform 2 unfolds in a vertical prison system like its predecessor. The main driving force behind the film’s narrative is a floating platform that descends from one level of the prison to another, transporting food to the inmates. However, when some upper-level prisoners act selfishly and eat much more than they deserve, an intense struggle for power in the system begins.
In many ways, The Platform 2 serves as a solid allegory for both trickle-down economics and the downsides of communism. At the same time, with its character beats, the film also plays with other relatable themes involving grief, identity, morality, and accepting the past. While both The platform films have carved their own identities in the thriller genre, many similar films adopt similar narrative structures and story elements that explore humanity’s dark tendencies and present metaphors for social systems.
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Coherence (2013)
Directed by James Ward Byrkit
Different The Platform 2, Coherence does not present metaphors for class divisions and capitalism. However, like the Netflix horror film, it plays out like a high-concept sci-fi film set in an isolated, confined environment. Similar to the characters in The Platform 2those who are in Coherence reveal their true selves when a significant change in their surroundings forces them to make increasingly desperate decisions.
While playing with abstract science fiction ideas, both films explore the darkest aspects of human nature, highlighting how existential threats can bring out the worst or best in humanity. Both films highlight how a person’s reality is a mere reflection of their perception. While The platform captures this by showing how different prisoners have varying philosophies about scarcity and privilege, Coherence shows the same by portraying every decision made by a character that bifurcates into a significantly distinct alternate reality.
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The Attack (2011)
Directed by Gareth Evans
Although the social commentary in Gareth Evans’ book The invasion It’s not as deep as The Platform 2‘s, the film features a similar vertical setting. As The Platform 2characters of, those in The invasion you will have to navigate through different levels of a tall building, facing increasingly dangerous enemies on each level. Similar to The platform movies, this vertical configuration allows The invasion to gradually increase the tension of its action and drama, while keeping viewers guessing what will happen next. Both films also take a no-holds-barred approach to depicting brutal action sequences.
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V for Vendetta (2005)
Directed by James McTeigue
Both V for Vendetta and The Platform 2 unfold in harrowing dystopian settings with imperfect social structures. While the characters in V for Vendetta face the domination of a totalitarian regime, those in The Platform 2 They struggle to survive in a brutal prison system dominated by inequality. In both, some characters take it upon themselves to fight against overarching oppressive systems.
Although both V and Dagin Babi have good intentions, their methods are extreme, violent and morally questionable, raising discussions around the ethical consequences of seeking radical justice.
The titular character V in V for Vendetta sets out on a mission to dismantle the corrupt government and even incites others to join his rebellion. Similarly, Dagin Babi in The Platform 2 creates a group of “Loyalists” who promote solidarity in the prison system. Although both V and Dagin Babi have good intentions, their methods are extreme, violent and morally questionable, raising discussions around the ethical consequences of seeking radical justice.
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Parasite (2019)
Directed by Bong Joon-Ho
Although Parasite and The Platform 2 belong to distinct genres, they share many thematic parallels. For example, Both films highlight how social inequalities and class struggles lead the lower class to resort to extreme measures to survive. In both films, characters struggle to deal with the idea that their value is dictated by their wealth or the amount of food they have access to. Bong Joon-ho’s film should be on the watchlist of every viewer who enjoyed it The Platform 2 because it does an even better job of capturing these themes and is subtle in its satire.
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Elísio (2013)
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Both Elysium and The Platform 2 give viewers a glimpse into two distinct worlds. While one world lives in complete abundance, caring little about survival, the other is characterized by extreme scarcity and despair. The class divide between the two worlds in both films is challenged as characters take it upon themselves to rise through the ranks and destroy unjust socioeconomic structures.
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Film |
Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score |
Rotten Tomatoes audience score |
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Elysium |
64% |
58% |
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The Platform 2 |
35% |
26% |
With Matt Damon as the leader, Elysium It’s not as brutal as The platform. However, it still manages to capture the harsh reality of a divided society and how far its people are willing to go to survive. Elysium is more direct and much less abstract compared to The platformbut its social commentary is still powerful and emotionally resonant.
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The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
Directed by James DeMonaco
Both The Purge: Anarchy and The Platform 2 are subsequent films that criticize oversimplified social structures. While The Purge: Anarchy portrays the frightening moral implications of a lawless night in the United States, The Platform 2 shows what happens when the distribution of resources is not carefully organized among citizens. As they progress, both films create a sense of dread and tension, highlighting the lengths people will go to survive in extreme circumstances. They also feature righteous protagonists who maintain their moral compasses despite dire circumstances.
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Cube (1997)
Directed by Vincenzo Natali
Cube not only unfolds in a confined environment but The platform but it also adopts similar abstract ideas and leaves much to the viewer’s interpretation. As the title suggests, it takes place inside a huge cube-shaped structure, and its characters must navigate its traps and inner workings to find their way out. Unlike the well in The platformthe structure in Cube it’s not a self-imposed prison for the characters. However, it forces them to question everything they know about their identities, social hierarchies and perceptions of the meaning of their lives.
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The Snowpiercer (2013)
Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Based on the French comic strip Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette, Snowpiercer Sets its story inside a moving train transporting the last remnants of humanity. The privileged people in the front sections of the train live like those in the upper levels of the pit in The Platform 2. Meanwhile, those in the last carriages of the trains are as desperate and impoverished as those in the lower reaches of the country. The Platform 2.
In both narratives, deep social divisions dictate the quality of life among individuals, encouraging the less privileged to start rebellions. The Platform 2the final moments of are much more abstract than Snowpiercer‘s. However, both films feature ambiguous final arcs that leave viewers thinking about them long after their credits stop rolling.
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Battle Royale (2000)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Despite having an impressive 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the Japanese film Royal Battle remains underestimated. Based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Koushun Takami, the film follows a group of high school students who must fight to the death in a game orchestrated by a totalitarian Japanese government. While its core concept may seem a little familiar, Royal Battleas The Platform 2grips viewers with its raw, visceral portrayal of humans being treated like lab rats by powerful forces and humanity’s despair in the face of survival scenarios.
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Circle (2015)
Directed by Aaron Hann and Mario Miscione
Unlike the characters in The Platform 2who voluntarily volunteer to enter the well, those who are in Circle suddenly find themselves in a macabre game that forces them to determine who among them deserves to live. As seen in The Platform 2 Also, the desperation to survive forces the characters into Circle conspire against each other, even if it means they have to cross many moral boundaries. Through this survival game setup, Circle delves deep into the human psyche and examines how the primal instinct of survival can lead someone to betray all values and morals.
Because the titular setup automatically kills individuals in CircleIt’s not as violent and stomach-churning as The Platform 2. However, it never leaves a dull moment with its twists and intriguing examinations of human nature. As The Platform 2it also ends on an ambiguous note, intentionally leaving the audience with more questions than answers.