We watched The
Platform on Netflix with a bunch of HMT fans over the Chrome Netflix Party
extension and boy, I love this movie! While I am certain that lots of purists
will debate whether this is horror or not, I assure you, it’s worth the watch
and will definitely find some way to make your skin crawl. The timing of this
release makes me wonder if Netflix has a bunch of totally apropos titles just
waiting in the wings to be released whenever they are most relevant. 







Intro - (0:36)Trailer - (7:17) Synopsis - (09:00) Review - (11:26) Score - (16:26) Spoilers - (25:35) Final Recommendations - (1:06:56) Taglines - (1:09:23) It Came From Social Media - (1:12:20)Outro - (1:25:57)



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The Platform Synopsis



The Platform is about a
prison called the pit where there are three kinds of people; the ones above,
the ones below, and the ones who fall. This is a twisted place where every cell
contains two people and is stacked on top of a seemingly endless column of
other cells. 




https://youtu.be/6gVAIx7OeyI




Every day there is a
massive banquet comprised of everyone in the prison’s favorite dish. This
banquet contains enough calories for everyone in the pit to survive. The catch
is the banquet is placed on a platform that stops at every cell for a short
time, and it starts at the top and works its way down.



Some prisoners are there
by choice, some are there because of a crime, but there seems to be a promise
that is made to all of them upon entry into the pit - if you do your time and
make it out, you will be granted increased social standing. 



Our protagonist is a man
called Goreng (Ivan Massagué), who spends time with several of
the inmates of the pit. As he learns the ropes, he also seems to take issue
with the inherent societal problems that it represents: greed and desperation.







The Platform REVIEW



The Platform is a
Spanish film by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, and it’s one of the most
unique ideas that I’ve seen put to the screen since Cube. 





Watch Cube on AmazonThe spiritual predecessor to The PlatformClick Here to Watch











The minimal but rigid
design of the pit echos in the sci-fi dystopian walls of the film itself.



You know the sick and
twisted world that lay in the basement of Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs? That terrifying
and perverse reality that we like to forget exists in the real world? That
feeling is magnified in The Platform and made the subject of the entire
movie. 



MMM, tastes like class oppression!



To make it even more
hard-hitting, The Platform is clearly a commentary on humans and society today.
While it’s hard to draw many direct analogies with the real world, the standout
one seems to be human nature and the greed inherent therein.



The Platform is not without hope, but it is chock-full of extreme violence,
imagery, and ideas that make this a real stomach turner.  



This movie stays with
me, and I wouldn’t mind watching it again. It doesn’t hold your hand, and there
is clearly a lot of theorizing that one can do to try and determine the
symbology and lessons within. 



Score for The
Platform



9/10



Spoilers



The Platform does a lot of things right. It maintains
mystery, drama, tension, and is clearly meant to stand for something. Anything
that you might be interested in, this movie probably touches on it. On top of
all of that, it doesn’t hold your hand, leaving you free to interpret it’s
message or take it at face value.



ECHO, ECho, echo



In favor of spoiling the movie point by point, I will
instead share with you a few basic premises of this movie that I find the most
relevant and exciting.



The Rules of The Pit



The prison known as “the pit” is a mostly lawless place with
a few given rules. They are as follows:



Some prisoners have opted in, others are being
punished, but upon serving your time in the pit,