The 4 best films that arrived on Netflix this week — handpicked

The Great Flood (2024), Kim Tae-gon

A massive flood hits a South Korean city and turns a residential building into a space of extreme confinement. With water levels rising rapidly, residents are isolated on the upper floors, without efficient communication and with increasingly limited resources. Among them are a researcher specializing in artificial intelligence and a security agent responsible for the building, who end up forced to cooperate to face the situation. The emergency reveals structural flaws, poorly calculated decisions and the difficulty of coordinating actions when protocols stop working. As water invades corridors and common areas, survival begins to depend on immediate choices, improvisation and trust between people who barely knew each other. The narrative follows the advance of the flood and the psychological impact of confinement, observing how fear, fatigue and pressure change behaviors. Instead of focusing on large displacements or spectacular rescues, the story focuses on the experience of remaining trapped in a space that becomes progressively more hostile, transforming a natural disaster into an ongoing test of resistance, adaptation and collective responsibility.

The Killer (2023), David Fincher

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A professional assassin performs his work according to a strict set of personal rules, based on emotional control, obsessive preparation and anonymity. After a long wait in Paris, a precisely planned execution fails, triggering a chain reaction that threatens their safety and autonomy. Forced to abandon his position as a distant observer, he begins a journey across different countries to contain the damage, eliminate risks and regain control of his own routine. The trajectory goes through calculated meetings, discreet movements and the systematic use of services and technologies that allow us to operate on the margins of public visibility. Along the way, the narrative observes the contradiction between the internal discourse of absolute discipline and the real fragility of a system that depends on constant success. The focus is not on redemption or moral transformation, but on trying to preserve a method of life that relies on repetition and isolation. The story follows this movement with attention to the details of the work, the psychological cost of permanent vigilance and the way in which error dismantles an identity built to not fail.

Shazam (2019), David F. Sandberg

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A teenager raised in foster homes faces difficulties adapting to new families and finding emotional stability. His routine changes abruptly when he is chosen by an ancient wizard to receive extraordinary powers, capable of physically transforming him into an adult hero by pronouncing a specific word. Despite his powerful appearance, his mentality remains that of an insecure young man, which generates situations of discovery, error and learning. While experimenting with the limits and possibilities of this new body, a threat linked to the magician’s own past emerges: a man obsessed with the same source of power, who ends up accessing dangerous forces associated with supernatural entities. The narrative follows the contrast between fantasy and everyday life, exploring how extraordinary abilities do not automatically resolve personal conflicts. Along the way, the notion of family gains weight, not just as a biological bond, but as a construction based on choice and responsibility. The plot develops from this tension between personal maturity and duty, observing how assuming power implies accepting consequences that go beyond the initial fun.

Ready Player One (2018), Steven Spielberg

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In a future marked by economic crisis and environmental collapse, a large part of the population finds refuge in a vast digital universe called OASIS. In this virtual environment, users take on avatars, build reputations and live experiences that contrast with the precariousness of the physical world. After the death of the system’s creator, a global challenge is announced: a competition structured in clues and riddles that promises to deliver not only a fortune, but control of the OASIS itself to whoever wins. A young orphan decides to participate in the dispute and soon realizes that the game requires more than technical skill. Cultural knowledge, reading codes from the past and the ability to collaborate become essential. At the same time, a large corporation attempts to monopolize competition using financial power and coercion. As the race progresses, alliances are formed and tested, and the separation between virtual identity and real life begins to blur. The narrative follows this transition, exploring the tension between escapism and responsibility in a world that prefers to hide behind screens.