US EditionMovie review: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien shine in ‘Send Help’
After a corporate power shift, two colleagues survive a plane crash and face shifting control and survival challenges on a deserted island in Sam Raimi's dark comedy Send Help.
- On January 30, 2026, the film opens starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien as colleagues stranded on a deserted island after a corporate jet crash.
- Denied the promotion, Linda Liddle accepts a spot on a corporate jet to Bangkok, Thailand, where Bradley Preston mocks her before the crash leaves them as the lone survivors.
- Reviewers single out Rachel McAdams' performance, which elevates the film as she portrays Linda's surprising survival skills, while both McAdams and Dylan O'Brien deliver clownish, expressive roles in Sam Raimi's bloody, goofy horror-comedy.
- The finale lays out the plot's cards as Linda Liddle's Survivor skills rescue an injured Bradley Preston, flipping power on the deserted island amid tension and some critics’ calls of a neat ending.
- Critics note Send Help reframes workplace rage into a relatable survival thriller, while Sam Raimi, director, blends unhinged moments with craft, marketing it using The Evil Dead and Drag Me to Hell.
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Help! (Send Help, USA, 2026). Address: Sam Raimi. Screenplay: Damian Shannon, Mark Swift. Photograph: Bill Pope. Edition: Bob Murowski. Cast: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien, Edyll Ismail, Xavier Samuel, Chris Pang, Thaneth Warakulnukroh, Emma Raimi, Dennis Haysbert. Rating: suitable for 13+ with reservations. Distributor: Disney. Duration: 113 minutes Our opinion: very goodThe premise of Help!, the new film by director Sam Raimi (The Spiderman, 2…
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The poster for “Send Help” advertises the film as, “from the director of ‘The Evil Dead’ and ‘Drag Me to Hell’” — notably not “Spider-Man” (or its two sequels). No, the kind of Sam Raimi film you’re getting here is irreverent, silly and very bloody; a character study that also features incredibly goofy scares. Written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, “Send Help” is a gonzo survivalist riff that works as well as it does because it features two i…
Review: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien shine in Sam Raimi's gonzo blast 'Send Help'
The poster for “Send Help” advertises the film as, “from the director of ‘The Evil Dead’ and ‘Drag Me to Hell’” — notably not “Spider-Man” (or its two sequels). No, the kind of Sam Raimi film you’re getting here is…
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