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Review | Send Help: Rachel McAdams Leads Bloody Island Survival Satire
Rachel McAdams stars as a resourceful survivor in Sam Raimi's thriller where escalating violence and power shifts define life on a remote island after a plane crash.
- On Jan. 30, Sam Raimi, director, opens Send Help in theaters, starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien as two co-workers stranded on an uninhabited island after a plane crash.
- Invited on a business trip to Bangkok, Linda Liddle was sidelined before the private jet tore apart in a violent storm en route; the project has been kicking around for more than six years.
- Stranded on an uninhabited island, Linda's survival skills outmatch Bradley's immobile leg, flipping their power dynamic, while Raimi stages extreme gross-out set pieces that elicited screams from critics in packed screenings and drew criticism for a conspicuous CGI wild boar and digital blood and effects.
- Reviewers largely found Send Help a gross, crowd-pleasing success, singling out McAdams for a transformative, career-highlight performance while one critic gave 3/5 stars noting Raimi's trademark gore.
- Echoing Triangle of Sadness, Send Help blends romantic fantasy, dark comedy, psychological thriller, and horror while Raimi's digital versus practical effects debate recalls his work with Tom Sullivan.
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‘Send Help’: Rachel McAdams Shines in Sam Raimi's Gritty Tale of Survival and Power Dynamics
The horror maestro has returned, and he is as mean as ever. “Send Help” is Sam Raimi’s first film in four years, making its way to big screens with all of the messy gore that we’ve come to expect. More importantly, he’s delivered another long-awaited entry into the unofficial “good for her” genre in his reunion with Rachel McAdams. The film follows Linda (McAdams), whose corporate dreams are dashed when the former president of her company hands…
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