It's anything but a balanced diet, but there's much to chew on regardless.

If you can stomach it, "The Platform" is a funny and fierce farce with its eyes on race, class and the ways people can rise up for the betterment of all by working together.

Gaztelu-Urrutia is making accusatory points about society, but he's not finger-wagging. The Platform delivers its moral message with the mechanics of a lean thriller.

The Platform is not without hope, but it is chock-full of extreme violence, imagery, and ideas that make this a real stomach turner.