Send Help 2026 Movie Review: The Wet Dream of a Narcissistic Sociopath

One of the few movies out now that isn't based on a superhero franchise or a book, the Send Help 2026 movie is a refreshingly different take on an action movie. Rachel McAdams delivers what I believe is a once-in-a-lifetime performance as the BrightBurn of corporate employees.

The Plot of the Send Help 2026 Movie

Linda Liddle is a mild-mannered corporate employee in an MNC who is great at her job but not at social skills or at surviving in a workplace that is toxic in many ways, led by her toxic boss.

When a chartered work flight carrying some of Liddle's colleagues, including her boss, crash-lands in the ocean, and the sole survivors are only her boss and herself, the power dynamic quickly changes, with Linda leading the charge on survival and her boss riding pillion.

The island looks great with good shots of an isolated environment with a lot of scope for action and mayhem.

The plot reminds me of Stephen King's Novel Misery, which has been adapted into a novel. It is a nice change to see Dylan O Brien taking a break from running in The Maze Runner movie series and then again in Netflix's Love, and Monsters.

After the plane crashes onto the seemingly uninhabited island with her jerk of a boss, she very quickly realizes there is no audience to perform for, meaning that she can be her naturally vicious self, exacting revenge as and when she pleases upon her long-time tormentor, Bradley Preston.

Linda's not so "Liddle" narcissistic soup of personality reveals itself as she glows with beauty that only comes with revealing one's true persona, even if it's a heady mix of vindictive sociopathy, along with more than a dash of psychopathy.

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You see Rachel McAdam's have somewhat of a Catwoman kind of transformation where she starts off as a slightly less than presentable nerd and after the plane crash changes into an athletic, rustic island woman.

The unhinged expressions on McAdam's face fit delightfully into this fever dream of a survival tale. You notice at the beginning of this sordid tale, Linda Liddle is seen struggling to stay presentable as she hides her sociopathy and possible psychopathy as best as she can. But with time, she returns to her natural state as a bloodthirsty creature willing to justify any means to her ends.

The blood and gore are not even close to gratuitous, but an essential part of the story elements that help Raimi tell the tale more effectively.

As usual, in this Sam Raimi movie, you get a cameo of Raimi's good luck charm, Bruce Campbell, even if it is in the form of a Black and White photo framed in a nice frame.

Bruce Campbell has had a cameo in every Raimi movie, such as the food vendor in Multiver of Madness, the wrestling announcer in Spider-Man, the theater Usher in Spider-Man 2, and the French maître d' in Spider-Man 3.

Should You Watch Send Help 2026? Hell Yes!

Send Help is a great movie and is good entertainment. The ending of the movie is not all that predictable, with the movie maker being ready to subvert audience expectations pretty easily.

The ending of Send Help is especially delightful, considering that it underscores that might makes right, and morals and ethics are but mere suggestions in a world that is sprinting towards dystopia with every man-made disaster on a global scale that includes inter and intra-country conflicts that signal war and unrest.