After the wild success of the original,The Platform 2is disappointing for critics and audiences alike. The sequel to the original 2019 movie, it continues to tell the story of convicts in a vertical prison, in which food is distributed from the top floor and being sent down, with the top floors horde everything available, leaving the bottom floors to starve. The original movie was led by Iván Massagué’s Goreng, butThe Platform 2’s castis led by Milena Smit’s Perempuan and just premiered on September 27.
Whilethe first movie enjoyed immense success onRotten Tomatoes, its follow-up is struggling. It currently sits at a55% Tomatometer score, and audiences have offered a painful29% Popcornmeter score. By contrast, the original has an 81% Tomatometer score and a 73% Popcornmeter score. After so much success for the first movie, it is struggling to achieve the original’s relative acclaim.
What The Platform 2’s Rotten Tomatoes Score Means
The Sequel Will Not See The Original’s Success
Rotten Tomatoes scores are important for multiple reasons. The most important reason is that it is a strong indicator of word-of-mouth. That helped to promotethe originalPlatformmovie, which reportedly reached 56 million households in just its first month.This movie will likely not receive that same promotionjust based on its RT scores. Another benefit of high scores is that potential viewers could be swayed to watch a movie with high scores, whereas if a prospective viewer instead sees Rotten scores, they may elect to avoid the movie entirely.
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The original movie’s success prompted a follow-up, butThe Platform 2’s endinglikely contributed to its poor reception, as it provided a twist that served the plot but made little sense. The twist about the children feels contrived, especially given the first movie’s revelations about Miharu and her child. It also retreads narrative ground that was already explored in the original movie, while taking pains to introduce characters that the original already explored in-depth. That decision made the movie feel unfinished, andit also failed to provide anything that audiences had not already received.
Our Take On The Platform 2’s Rotten Tomatoes Score
The Score Is Not Exactly Surprising
A poor score was somewhat inevitable for a movie that serves asan unnecessary sequel.The first was not planned with any follow-up in mind and that shows. Had the story taken a different perspective, it might have served to better develop this psychological nightmare. Instead, it visits the prison yet again. For viewers hoping for new developments, that is a serious disappointment. While it is still fascinating to revisit this setting, it would have been more fulfilling to see something new fromThe Platform 2. Instead, it turned an excellent movie into a franchise without a purpose.
The Platform 2
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The Platform 2 is the follow-up to the original dystopian thriller set in a vertical prison. This installment explores new layers of its brutal regime, delving deeper into its social hierarchy and survival dynamics. Directed by an unknown filmmaker, the sequel continues to challenge its characters' moral boundaries.
