Warning: Major spoilers for The Platform 2 below!The Platform 2 pulls a major surprise on viewers around the midway point and this twist reframes the whole story. The original Platform was a shock success back in 2019, with Netflix’s dystopian thriller set inside a hellish prison dubbed a “Vertical Self-Management Center.” The film was a violent, darkly comic satire on capitalism, and while The Platform’s ending didn’t exactly set up a sequel, its rating success made one inevitable.