What Rachel McAdams’ film ‘Send Help’ is about and when will it be released – Nueva Mujer

Dealing with a toxic boss constantly manipulates, humiliates or minimizes your effort It can become a daily hell that causes you to enter a day-to-day survival mode.

Although facing this is already a real terror In real life, this experience has become the spark that inspires the horror film that promises to be the most talked about in 2026.

Send Helpthe new film directed by Sam Raimi, presents a premise as delirious as it is irresistible: an underestimated employee and her unbearable boss survive a plane crash and must learn to cooperate to survive. What seemed like a chance for redemption turns into an intense silent battle for power, control and, of course, survival.

Trapped in a nightmare

The story follows Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams), an efficient employee who has been putting up with her boss’s rudeness and ego for years, Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien). During a work trip, they both suffer a plane accident and are stranded on a desert island. With no resources other than her wits (and her resentment), Linda is forced to deal with the same man who made her professional life a living hell.

From there, Send Help becomes a dark comedy with overtones of survival horrorwhere the roles are reversed. Hurt and dependent, Bradley goes from arrogant boss to vulnerable subordinate. Linda, for the first time, is in control…and she’s not sure if she wants to use it to save him or let fate do its work.

The result is a mixture of tension, irony and empowermentwhere physical survival is intertwined with emotional survival. Raimi, master of the genre thanks to Evil Dead y drag me to hellreturns to its roots with a story that combines fear and laughter in equal parts.

A psychological game with a taste of redemption

Early criticism already describes the film as a fusion between Misery by Stephen King and Castaway, but with a more sarcastic and contemporary twist. Raimi explores how power and dependence can transform when hierarchies disappear. In the words of the director, it is a story about “female empowerment and transformation”, where Linda stops being the victim of her work environment and becomes the master of her own destiny.

In addition to the intelligent script of Mark Swift y Damian Shannonthe great attraction lies in the chemistry between McAdams and O’Brien. His performances balance dark humor with moments of genuine emotional tension. It’s not just about surviving hunger or the climate, but the toxicity that can persist even in the middle of nowhere.

Send Help It’s also a modern metaphor about the limits of patience and the need to put a stop to abuse—even when that abuse is disguised as leadership.

Sam Raimi’s return to horror

After more than a decade away from the genre, Raimi returns to the path that made him a legend. Its unmistakable style—with frenetic cameras, stylized violence, and wicked humor—promises an intense viewing experience. But beyond the shocks, Send Help connects with something universal: the desire to free ourselves from those who oppress us.

With its premiere scheduled for January 30, 2026the film promises to be much more than a survival story. It will be a reminder that sometimes The scariest monsters don’t live under the bed but behind the desk.