One of last year’s biggest, definitely not the best, names were the Polish-language movie 365 Days (titled 365 DNI ). It was branded as a 50 Shades of Grey clone, only more softcore porn. In reality, 365 Days was far worse than 50 Shades of Grey. The latter’s mediocrity, clichéd plot, and overdramatized BDSM and cosplaying was something more hilarious and funny, but not particularly bothersome. The film was trashed by critics. Taking out the whole condoning-rape-and-kidnapping thing, 365 Days was just not good. Reviews ranged in tone from calling it “dumber than hair” to “the worst thing we’ve ever seen.” Let us see the reasons why the 365 days sequel should not have happened on Netflix:
This is where the first part ended
As if there were truly any doubt, Massimo ends up getting his wish shortly before the end of the film. After sending Laura back to Poland when he needs to get her away from some mob business, which does not make Laura happy, he goes to get her back. She’s mad at him, he turns his sex appeal up to 11, their anger bangs up against the window of her super fancy high-rise apartment, and Laura tells him she doesn’t need the full 365 days because she’s in love with him. Lol! 365 Days, however, is a rape-fantasy glorification on steroids, one that revels in gaslighting its victim and never holding its abuser to any sort of consequence. And now it’s getting not one, but two sequels.
Why has Netflix greenlit not one but two sequels?
Viewers voted with their eyeballs, and the popularity of the movie was clear. The film registered on Netflix’s daily Top 10 lists in more than 90 countries and was the fourth most-searched movie on Google globally in 2020, according to the streamer. Ultimately, data-driven platforms such as Netflix track what their viewers are watching and respond accordingly with their production choices. This is hugely misleading, however. Now Netflix plays its viewing numbers close to the chest but we don’t know how many of the people who started the movie watched it all the way through, or hate-watched it, maybe out of curiosity?
Here’s what we think about the trailer for the sequel
The trailer opens with an interesting role reversal, with Laura telling Massimo she will do whatever she wants to do to him instead of the other way around. We see the duo getting married, and Laura getting fed up with a life led under the close watch of a gangster and his henchman. Laura soon starts to become close with a man who works for Massimo, which seems to be the start of a complicated love triangle of sorts. As the trailer continues, audiences are shown many steamy and suspenseful images.
Details of the makers of this cringe-worthy franchise
365 Days: This Day is directed by Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes, who also helmed the first movie. The script is penned by Mandes, Mojca Tirs, and Blanka Lipińska. Mandes also serves as a producer on the film alongside Ewa Lewandowska and Maciej Kawulski. In addition to Sieklucka and Morrone, 365 Days: This Day stars Magdalena Lamparska and Simone Susinna. It has been reported that this upcoming film is the second part of a trilogy and that it was shot back-to-back with the third film. 365 Days is based on the Polish novel 365 Dni by Blanka Lipińska.
Is Netflix sending out a colossally wrong message just to capitalize on the film’s popularity?
By making the sequels, there is a not-so-subtle condoning of the messages from the first film. And as the singer Duffy (who is better qualified than most to speak to the subject) wrote in her letter to Netflix after the release of 365 Days, she said:
“To anyone who may exclaim ‘it is just a movie’, it is not ‘just’ when it has great influence to distort a subject which is widely undiscussed, such as sex trafficking and kidnapping, by making the subject erotic.”
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