
A ★★½ review of Send Help (2026)
Capital in the Wild Through the viscera, gore, and dark comedy that characterize his distinctive oeuvre, Sam Raimi’s "Send Help" operates as a razor-sharp, ideological critique of modern corporate power structures. By isolating a disenfranchised worker, Linda (Rachel McAdams), and her incompetent, inherited-wealth CEO, Bradley (Dylan O’Brien), on a deserted island, the film systematically dismantles the illusions of late-stage capitalism. It is a cinematic thought experiment that forces the artificial hierarchies of the boardroom to confront the unforgiving material realities of nature. "Send Help" renegotiates the relationship between capital and labor by stripping away the societal infrastructure that protects the



