Keanu Reeves’ new movie set on an airplane has some people unimpressed, especially when considering who the director is.
Not long after being announced as the voice ofShadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3,Keanu Reevesis now being attached to another project: Ruben Östlund’s social satire, The Entertainment System Is Down.
The film is clearly set to be in the same vein as his other social commentary-skewed movies (such as Triangle of Sadness and The Square), taking place in a long-haul flight in which passengers are thrown into air rage-fueled chaos after the in-flight entertainment system goes down.According to Variety, Reeves is currently in talks to star in thenew movie.
Reeves’ casting should be welcome news for fans, but not everyone is impressed. In fact, the announcement has many rolling their eyes at the movie’s concept, making is known that they think this is a “been there, done that” situation for Östlund.
One X usersummed the general consensus up nicely on X, writing the following sarcastic post: “Ruben Östlund is making a satire about privileged society breaking down when an experience in a confined space doesn’t go as planned?????”Another addedin the same vein: “Oh brother, I wonder what the social commentary in this film will be!”
One commentsuggested that the idea wasn’t socially relevant, writing: “This premise was outdated with the release of the iPod video.”
“Ruben Östlund is simply addicted to trying to make a feature length film adaptation of the kind of fake deep images your 65 year old aunt Kathy loves to share on Facebook with the caption: ‘This is so sad and true, share if u agree’,”said another.
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Jessica Cullen is a TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She’s previously written for The Digital Fix, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, Slate and more. Aside from being the residential Yellowstone expert, she also loves Westerns, ’90s action movies, and true crime. You can email her here: jessica.cullen@dexerto.com.
