Warning: Major spoilers for The Platform 2 below!A famous painting not only underlines the main subtext of The Platform 2, it also plays a key role during the story. The ending of Netflix's The Platform didn't exactly set up a sequel and saw protagonist Goreng (Ivn Massagu) descend into a dark void beneath the movie's nightmarish prison. He may have succeeded in saving the life of a child, but the story heavily implies this entire sequence is just his dying thoughts. The Netflix sci-fi thriller itself felt like one giant metaphor, with the "Vertical Self-Management Center" being an obvious allegory for capitalism and the distribution of wealth.

The Platform 2 is headed by a new cast of characters (though some familiar faces also return) with Milena Smit's artist Perempuan struggling to adapt to the hellish nature of the tower. It's notable that the Platform 2's ending is...