An unconventional prison with unknown underground levels called The Hole, starting from top to bottom, provides food for inmates through a platform that is always consumed disproportionally… as no rules apply.
Do you remember Cube (1997)? Welcome to the 21st-century Spanish Netflix version of it. Brilliantly produced, directed, edited, and acted, The Platform will “brutally” entertain you and keep you on the edge of your seat. The photography offers a claustrophobic environment that, on occasion, will suffocate you as much as the inmates.
The weak link here is the writing, though. There are at least two obvious plotholes that, unfortunately, no department spotted – or cared to fix.
1. The levels’ inexplicable temperature rise/drop: It wouldn’t be a plot hole if a visible source were causing it.
2. The inmates’ transfer from level to level. It wouldn’t be a plot hole if, once again, we saw some gas coming out of… somewhere that knocked them out. Also, swapping everyone from every level simultaneously and having only the platform to access each level increases the implausibility.
I’m a huge fan of the “don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story”. How can you ignore the facts when no one tries to disguise them? Please, do watch it! I highly recommend it. The above-mentioned plotholes are spoilers-free. It is tempting to analyse the film’s message as well, but I can’t do it without giving away the plot, so I’ll just leave it with you. I hope you enjoy this Spanish achievement as much as I did.
P.S. My warm-hearted wishes go out to the Spanish people – and the rest of the world – who are suffering great losses.
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