The Platform 2 (Spanish: El hoyo 2, lit. 'The Hole 2') is a 2024 Spanish science fiction horror film directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. A prequel to Gaztelu-Urrutia's The Platform (2019), it stars Milena Smit and Hovik Keuchkerian. It was released on October 4, 2024 to mixed reviews.
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A woman named Perempuán is inside a vertical prison with 333 floors, with one cell per floor, two people per cell, and a hole running down the center of the entire structure. Each day, a platform loaded with food descends, stopping briefly at each level. Prisoners on higher floors have first access to the food, while those on lower levels risk starvation. At the end of each month, prisoners are randomly reassigned to new floors. Before entering, each inmate is interviewed and chooses one kind of food, which might be provided each day. Each prisoner is allowed to bring one personal item with them.
Perempuán and a large, imposing man named Zamiatin are placed together on level 24. Robespierre, a Loyalist from the level above, introduces them to the informal system currently operating in the prison. Two factions exist: Loyalists, who follow strict, self-imposed rules about eating only their chosen food (or trading voluntarily), and Barbarians, who eat whatever they can grab. He argues that the law of the Loyalists ensures fairer food distribution.
