Evil Dead and Spider-Man trilogies director Sam Raimi returns to his distinctive tackle horror with Send Help.
The trailers promised a fairly darkish tackle the style, when in actuality it’s a lot lighter and comedian than is being bought.
Rachel McAdams stars as Linda Liddle, a workhorse strategist at a monetary administration firm who’s neglected for promotion by her entitled nepobaby of a CEO, Bradley Preston, performed by Dylan O’Brien.
The main girl, reteaming with Raimi after Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness, is an excellent actress however her expertise can’t disguise how wildly miscast she is on this explicit image.
McAdams is a beautiful Hollywood star making an attempt to cross for a frumpy, awkward 40-something singleton, who everybody within the workplace is nasty to for no explicit purpose apart from sporting gray cardigans and consuming tuna sandwiches.
Sure, Raimi’s zany contact considerably displaces realism for comedian functions, however the suspension of disbelief nonetheless finally ends up dropping from the outset.
After a jarringly awkward office-based opening that even Raimi’s signature crash zooms and excessive close-ups wrestle to maintain from being irritating, the 2 leads are off on a personal jet for a piece journey. Joined by another cartoonishly horrible colleagues who bully Linda, it’s not lengthy earlier than the pair find yourself being the one survivors of a aircraft crash close to a desert island. In a Triangle of Sadness-style power-dynamic swap, out of the blue an injured Bradley is reliant on Linda, who simply so occurs to be a survival professional. (Again, how does that match along with her already established character?) It’s not lengthy earlier than she’s constructed a Disney-fied Swiss Family Robinson shelter on the seaside, and the 2 are compelled to work collectively. Only factor is, unbeknownst to her boss, Linda decides to keep away from rescue on goal so she will delay the newfound respect she’s been getting from him.
As normal, with Raimi’s comic-horror, there are some very humorous over-the-top blood and vomit moments, and the plot progresses in an entertaining sufficient means. But Mark Swift and Damian Shannon’s script is everywhere to the purpose of irritation and unbelievability. The movie appears extra enthusiastic about making a degree than telling a coherent story, leaving the viewer with an unsatisfying ending. It’s all moderately foolish and never in a great way.
Send Help is in cinemas from February 5, 2026.
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