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2026 US HMDB
gennaio 22, 2026

Due colleghi un tempo rivali si ritrovano improvvisamente naufraghi su un'isola deserta dopo essere gli unici sopravvissuti a un disastro aereo. Costretti a collaborare per sopravvivere, Linda e Bradley dovranno affrontare vecchi rancori e mettere alla prova la propria forza di volontà per riuscire a salvarsi.

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Produzione: Sam Raimi (Producer)Zainab Azizi (Producer)Jonathan Hook (Executive Producer)
Sceneggiatura: Damian Shannon (Screenplay)Mark Swift (Screenplay)
Musica: Danny Elfman (Original Music Composer)
Fotografia: Bill Pope (Director of Photography)

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Roberto Giacomelli
Il film, scritto da Damian Shannon e Mark Swift (ricordate Freddy vs Jason?), potrebbe sembrare sulla carta una parabola sociale sulle dinamiche del lavoro, sulle differenze di genere o sulla competizione tossica nei team aziendali. E in parte lo è. Ma Raimi è interessato a qualcosa di più universale e, in un certo senso, più crudele: il potere è sempre relativo. Chi comanda in una situazione può diventare immediatamente inutile in un’altra. Il mondo è pieno di leoni e di agnelli, ma basta cambiare scenario perché i ruoli si invertano. Linda è un agnellino in ufficio, ma nella giungla diventa il predatore. E Bradley, così sicuro di sé in giacca e cravatta, si scopre improvvisamente fragile, dipendente, perso. Ma Send Help non sarebbe un film di Sam Raimi se si limitasse a questo. Anzi, è proprio quando la situazione si fa più disperata che emerge con forza tutta la sua poetica. Il film scivola progressivamente nel grottesco, in un’escalation di violenza, splatter e situazioni al limite dell’assurdo, dove il dramma e la commedia finiscono per fondersi in qualcosa che assomiglia a un cartone animato in carne e ossa. Esattamente come accadeva in Drag Me to Hell, solo che qui non c’è il soprannaturale: l’orrore nasce tutto dai corpi, dalla fame, dalla sete, dalla paura e, soprattutto, dalla disperazione delle persone. Raimi, poi, si diverte apertamente ad autocitarsi, trasformando il film in una sorta di summa del suo immaginario. La protagonista si chiama Linda, come la fidanzata di Ash in La casa 2. Bruce Campbell compare nel consueto, delizioso cammeo, nei panni del (defunto) padre di Bradley Preston: attenzione alle pareti del suo ufficio. Il ciondolo che Linda indossa ricorda moltissimo quello che Ash regalava alla sua Linda. In una sequenza onirica appare una creatura che rimanda chiaramente ai demoni kandariani, e non manca nemmeno la celeberrima soggettiva che sfreccia tra gli alberi. È un gioco cinefilo che non appesantisce mai il film, ma lo arricchisce, regalando allo spettatore appassionato una serie di ammiccamenti irresistibili. Sul fronte del cast, Rachel McAdams è semplicemente perfetta. Costruisce una Linda sfaccettata, credibile, che passa dall’essere una vittima silenziosa a una leader durissima senza mai perdere umanità. Dylan O’Brien, dal canto suo, interpreta un personaggio volutamente antipatico, prevedibile nei suoi egoismi e nelle sue meschinità, ma lo fa con grande professionalità e con un tempismo comico che funziona. Certo, non tutto è impeccabile: a volte il film sembra indulgere un po’ troppo gratuitamente nel suo gusto per l’eccesso (la scena del vomito, ad esempio), e c’è costantemente (forse volutamente) una sensazione di “finto” nell’aria, di poco credibile. Ma sono peccati veniali in un’opera che ha il merito enorme di riportare sullo schermo un Sam Raimi finalmente libero, divertito e divertente, selvaggio e grottesco come ai tempi d’oro. Send Help è, in definitiva, un ritorno alle origini che non sa di operazione nostalgia, ma di autentico piacere di fare cinema. E ci ricorda, ancora una volta, perché almeno due generazioni di spettatori sono cresciute nel mito del cinema di Sam Raimi.
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JPV852

JPV852

7 /10

Pretty fun dark comedy-horror that features two solid performances from Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien. Some decent enough gore and a whole a good way to spend two hours. Not sure I'll revisit even on home video but still entertaining, nevertheless. 3.5/5

Manuel São Bento

7 /10

Full review: https://movieswetextedabout.com/send-help-movie-review-rachel-mcadams-anchors-sam-raimis-return-to-his-visceral-roots/

Rating: B

"Send Help asserts itself as a triumph of controlled chaos and a compelling return of Sam Raimi to an original story, balancing visceral horror with effective social satire. The technical mastery of his direction, allied with Danny Elfman‘s dynamic score and, primarily, the explosive chemistry between Rachel McAdams (MVP) and Dylan O’Brien, elevates the material far beyond simple genre cinema. It’s a movie that dissects the incompetence of power with a sadistic smile, reminding us that when social conventions collapse, true human nature reveals itself in the bloodiest and most honest way possible."

Dean

Dean

9 /10

Sam Raimi’s Send Help is a brilliant, twisted exploration of the thin veneer of civilization, anchored by two of the most compelling performances in recent horror-comedy. The story thrives on a deliciously dark "eat the rich" premise: Linda Liddle, a mousey and overworked employee, finds herself the sole protector of her arrogant, incompetent boss, Bradley Preston, after their jet crashes on a remote island. What begins as a survival thriller quickly evolves into a psychological power struggle. The narrative shift from saving the boss to surviving the boss—and eventually subjugating the boss—is handled with a brutal, cynical wit that keeps you guessing until the final frame.

The performances are what truly elevate the film to that 9/10 status. Rachel McAdams delivers a career-defining turn; she masterfully navigates Linda’s descent from a timid office worker into a primal, slightly unhinged survivalist. Watching her switch from a look of genuine fear to a cold, calculating stare is chilling. Opposite her, Dylan O’Brien is fantastic as the entitled nepo-baby Bradley. He manages to be loathsome enough that you root for his suffering, yet vulnerable enough to make the island’s cruelty feel visceral. Together, they turn a simple survival story into a high-stakes character study that proves the most dangerous thing on a deserted island isn't the wildlife—it’s the person holding the water bottle.

Chandler Danier

6 /10

Raimi is a good director. He has directed a good movie starring and incredibly good actress with good humour. And what a good movie it is. Like, it's Rachel. She's hot! She's a nice girl! Ohh. She's not hot? Wow! What a challenging, funny film.

One unfortunate thing about this good movie is that it's entirely stolen. I paid to go watch Triangle of Sadness x uhhh Oh, Hi! x uhhhh bunch of other movies. This movie existed before it existed. Its twists, turns and turbulence have all been done before and that is a shame. It's done well, though. I believe you will enjoy it.

I didn't remember to look for the car.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7 /10

The spirit of “Nine to Five” (1980) is alive and well for “Linda” (Rachel McAdams) as she is constantly being passed over for promotion by golf-playing men who rely on her to do all the work. She hopes for change when new employer “Bradley” (Dylan O’Brien) takes over from his dad, but a combination of his best mate from university and her liking for tuna duly kiboshes that. She is, however, to embark on a team trip to Thailand for a merger meeting and it’s en route that a violent storm leaves her and her hapless boss stranded on a tropical island. It turns out that she is a woman well equipped to survive whilst the injured "Brad" hasn’t a clue, so yet again she appears to be doing all the donkey work whilst he lies under a palm frond expecting to be waited on hand and foot. Exasperated, “Linda” decides she can get by without this obnoxious parasite and so leaves him to languish in the sun in the hope that he will come to realise his failings and her value. Now with new lines slowly being drawn between them, what chance they will be rescued and are either of them being remotely honest with the other? Whilst this isn’t really scary at all, there is still quite a fun “Robinson Crusoe” dynamic between McAdams and O’Brien as their battle of the sexes ebbs and flows. They finesse the arts of boar hunting and berry eating; he learns to appreciate the eye-watering dangers of toxic fish and for most of the film it’s an enjoyably pithy and well-written joust between these two, clearly unevenly matched, characters. I didn’t really like the last twenty minutes so much. They felt rushed, unnecessarily violent and though there is a juicy degree of vindication about it, it didn’t quite top off what is an otherwise entertaining drama that mercifully keeps romance at bay throughout as it shouts clearly the benefits of a meritocracy.

GAHKWS

7 /10

THIS IS NOT A BAD MOVIE. THE MAIN CHARACTER HAD A SAD AND LONELY LIFE. I REALLY FELT SORRY FOR HER. BUT WHEN THE PLANE CRASHED IN THE WATER, AND SHE MANAGED TO WASHED ASHORE ON AN ISLAND, SHE WAS NOT ALONE. HER BOSS HAPPENED TO HAVE WASHED TO THE ISLAND ALSO. HE WAS INJURED AND SHE HELPED HIM BACK TO HEALTH. SHE'S A SURVIVOR SERIES WATCHER AND SHE DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD TO SURVIVE IN THEIR CONDITION. BUT ONE THING, SHE'S HAPPY TO BE THERE ON THE ISLAND. THERE WAS TWO CHANGES TO GET OFF THE ISLAND. SHE DECIDED THAT SHE WANTS TO STAY THERE WITH HER BOSS ON THE ISLAND. SHE EVEN COMMITTED MURDER. THAT'S WHEN I DIDN'T LIKE HER. IT WAS WRONG ON WHAT SHE HAS DONE. I DON'T BLAME HIM FOR TRYING TO GET BACK AT HER. I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING.

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