Gory film The Platform that sees prisoners turn to cannibalism and murder as they compete for food is ‘too much like reality’ for Netflix viewers – who say they can’t sleep after watching it
- Netflix viewers who watched 18-rated The Platform were left feeling disturbed
- Some described the hour-and-30-minutes film as ‘twisted’ and a ‘masterpiece’
- Others were left confused by the ‘gory’ plot as they struggled to understand
A dystopian prison drama, currently one of the most popular films on Netflix with UK viewers, has left viewers terrified and unable to sleep.
Spanish film The Platform, is set in a prison where cells are set around a large moving slab that descends, floor by floor, meaning those at the top can gorge while others are left to starve
With two prisoners per cell and only two minutes a day to eat their fill there’s an intense fight for survival, with blood, gore, murder and cannibalism.
In a cruel twist the prisoners change floors each month. So despite being high up during one month, they could find themselves starving with no food the next.
One Twitter user commented: Another later comments: ‘If everybody ate only what they needed the food would get to the lowest level,’ prompting others to compare the film to coronavirus panic buying.
Another added: ‘The platform on Netflix is just what we live in right now. Its the reality.’
Some Twitter users described the hour-and-30-minute film The Platform as a ‘masterpiece’ while others said they lay awake at night thinking about it
The film opens on Floor 48, where there is still food left on the platform, with Goreng (Iván Massagué) – who volunteered to enter the prison for six months in exchange for a diploma.
His cellmate Trimagasi (Zorion Eguileor) is serving a year for manslaughter.
The pair become friendly over the course of the month, until they are relocated to level 171, where food will be scarcer. Goreng wakes up tied to a bench and is told Trimagasi intends to eat chunks of him to sustain them both.
In one twisted scene a bloodied woman named Miharu (Alexandra Masangkay) rides down on the platform in search of her lost child – something she does every month – and is attacked by the cellmates on the floor below.
Twitter was set ablaze by the film, with some praising the ‘pretty intense’ and ‘really gross’ plot while others revealed they were left confused by the ending
She manages to kill them both and continues on her way.
The following month, Goreng awakes on Level 33 with a woman, Imoguiri (Antonia San Juan), as a cellmate.
He tries to convince others to ration their food, and forms a plan to travel down the entire prison rationing the food during the month he finds himself on level eight.
Viewers took to Twitter to comment on the film, with some praising the ‘pretty intense’ and ‘really gross’ plot, while others revealed they were left confused by the ending.
One wrote: ‘Just finished watching #ThePlatform on #Netflix & all I can say is WOW! I was completely blown away.
‘Terrifying, captivating, thought provoking. Haven’t been this intrigued by a film in a long time.
‘Grabbed my attention from the first shot & never let go. This is a MASTERPIECE!’
Another added: ‘The Platform might be the creepiest/weirdest movie I’ve ever seen.
The film opens in a dimly lit cell with a large rectangular ‘pit’ directly in the centre of it. Actor Iván Massagué (pictured) is Goreng, who volunteered to enter the prison for six months
‘Looks like I’m not getting to sleep anything soon again tonight. WT actual F? Thanks Netflix!’
The film trailer opened in a dark cell as an inmate revealed: ‘There are three kinds of people. The ones above, the ones below and the ones who fall.’
One user said: ‘You guys should watch The Platform on Netflix, more relevant now than ever.’
Some social media users compared the movie to the rush to stockpile food ahead of the coronavirus lockdown – leaving supermarket shelves bare
One wrote: ‘#The Platform #Netflix, a must for anyone trying to figure out their level in society.’
The Spanish film was initially released in Taiwan on February 21 before reaching UK screens a month later on March 24.
Many users revealed they were left feeling restless after watching the film, as others praised it as ‘brilliant’.
One wrote: ‘Put everything down guys, I have just watched the best scifi horror for years and years a Spanish movie on Netflix (I’m in UK) called the platform.
‘The script is brilliant and intelligent, the rest well. Have you got a strong stomach?’
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