The Platform 2

"The Platform (El hoyo) is one of the most viewed Spanish horror and suspense films in Netflix history, so the sequel, The Platform 2 (El hoyo 2) was inevitable. And like any sequel, there’s the risk of delivering more of the same or expanding the narrative world in unconvincing ways. This continuation achieves an unusual balance. The plot is almost the same: in a vertical prison made of pure concrete, a platform descends every day with food for the prisoners in all the cells. There is enough for everyone... if we assume, of course, that those at the top eat only what they need and leave something for those below, which does not happen. In this sequel, we meet two new inmates (Milena Smit and Hovik Keuchkerian), at a time when all the prisoners are trying to implement a system that guarantees justice for all. If you enjoyed the first part for its allegory of social inequality and human nature in its best and worst facets, you’ll find more of that here. But clear answers to the mysteries posed in the original? Not so many. Just enough innovations to create a sequel that feels like part of the same world without repeating itself too much."