Dismantling the system of this socioeconomic experiment unravels through David Desola and Pedro Rivero's knotty, exposition-packed script. Those on the top get first dibs on a giant platform of food that descends from the ceiling everyday those on the bottom get the scraps-or nothing at all. Instead of a train, The Platform takes place in a prison-like structure called the 'Vertical Self-Management Center' where inmates live two to a floor. If they were forced to go, they could have just denied any allegations and threatened to ruin what was left of their tourism if they weren't released immediately.īasically, the whole situation could have been handled if the main guys were more stoic, and the villagers weren't master detectives.It's difficult to watch The Platform, a cannibalistic prison freak-out from Spain, and not imagine a producer sitting in a conference room or a coffee shop and musing, 'What if Snowpiercer but vertical?' The debut feature from Spanish filmmaker Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia boasts an appealing high-concept premise, an oddly affable leading man in actor Iván Massagué, and a series of brutal twists that should intrigue anyone currently watching the news and thinking about the possible end game of rampant inequality. The villagers would have had to either force them to go, or let them leave. That decision sealed their fate, and it wouldn't be unreasonable to decline. Even if the villagers tied the incident to them after they left, there wouldn't be enough evidence to prosecute with, and they'd be away from danger.Īlso, they should have declined to help with the search party. Now their only hope is to swallow their paranoia and act normal. J4:37pm A wee bromantic hunting weekend in the Scottish highlands spirals into a living nightmare for the two protagonists of Matt Palmer’s Calibre, a brutally effective little. Even if it was smarter to bury the bodies, why didn't they just leave after that? Their motivation for sticking around confused me. Drama Thriller A shocking deed turned their weekend trip into a nightmare. I think the main point of the film (besides being an excellent thriller) is. SPOILERS:įor instance, why didn't they just leave immediately after the incident? They could have destroyed the guns, so finding the bullets and burying the bodies wouldn't matter. Calibre reminded me of another movie about a similar topic: Walking Out. I enjoyed it a lot, but do agree that some of the main guys' decisions were foolish.

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