Linda Liddle, a dedicated but mistreated employee, and her insufferable, sexist boss Bradley Preston are the sole survivors of a company plane crash on a remote island. While Bradley is helpless without his corporate status, Linda reveals herself to be an expert survivalist. As the days turn into weeks, the power dynamic violently shifts, turning their fight for rescue into a twisted, darkly comedic psychological battle where the only thing scarier than the elements is each other.
Information |
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Language |
English |
Country |
United States |
Premiere date |
January 30, 2026 |
Running time |
115 minutes |
Genre |
Comedy Horror Thriller |
Budget |
$40,000,000 |
Box Office |
$53,700,000 |
Crew |
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Directed by |
Sam Raimi |
Produced by |
Sam Raimi Zainab Azizi |
Written by |
Damian Shannon Mark Swift |
Music by |
Danny Elfman |
Cinematography |
Bill Pope |
Edited by |
Bob Murawski |
Production Co. |
Raimi Productions |
Distributed by |
20th Century Studios |
Official Trailer
The Plot
The Overlooked Asset
Linda Liddle is a meek, unassuming woman working in the Research and Strategy department of Preston, a high-stakes corporate firm. Living alone with her pet bird, Linda is socially awkward and obsesses over the reality show Survivor, having previously submitted an intense audition tape that went nowhere. At the office, she is largely invisible to her colleagues or actively despised by executives like Donovan, who routinely removes her name from reports to steal credit for her diligent work. Following the death of the company’s CEO, his son, Bradley Preston, arrives to take over the family business. Linda, hoping to secure a Vice President position promised to her by the late senior Preston, attempts to make a good first impression on Bradley.
The introduction is a disaster; Linda approaches Bradley with a homely demeanor and a bit of tuna fish sandwich residue on her lip, instantly repulsing him. While executive Franklin advocates for Linda, citing her value to the company, Bradley dismisses her based on her "vibe" and decides to hand the VP role to Donovan, his former fraternity brother. At Franklin's insistence, however, Bradley agrees to bring Linda along on a private corporate jet trip to Bangkok for a crucial merger, purely to utilize her knowledge.
Humiliation and Departure
When Linda learns from a coworker named River that the promotion is going to Donovan, she musters the courage to storm into Bradley’s office during an interview to demand an explanation. Bradley is callous, openly telling her that her unusual habits and lack of presence are the reasons she was passed over. He humiliates her further but reminds her she still has a chance to prove her worth on the Bangkok trip. On her way out, Linda briefly meets Bradley’s fiancée, Zuri, and becomes oddly transfixed by her massive diamond engagement ring. Before Linda leaves, Bradley makes a cruel, backhanded comment about her smell, causing her to retreat to her car and cry in despair.
On the day of the flight, Linda joins Bradley, Donovan, and their inner circle of chauvinistic colleagues on the private jet. As Linda attempts to work diligently, the men hijack the cabin screens to play Linda’s Survivor audition tape. They vocally mock her survival skills and passion, causing her to doubt her own worth as she deletes her work in shame. Suddenly, the plane hits extreme turbulence. As the cabin depressurizes, the side of the fuselage rips open, sucking passengers and debris into the sky.
The Crash
Amidst the chaos, Donovan panics. Despite being strapped in, he attempts to strangle Linda to take her seat or parachute, prioritizing his life over hers. Acting on instinct, Linda grabs a dining fork and stabs Donovan in the hand. The pain causes him to lose his grip, and he is violently sucked out of the plane, where his necktie catches on the fuselage, strangling him to death before the aircraft crashes into the ocean off the coast of a remote island. Linda manages to escape the wreckage and floats to shore on a piece of debris.
Survival of the Fittest
Linda awakens the next morning and surveys the island, eventually discovering Bradley, who has washed ashore with a severe ankle sprain. She nurses him back to health, utilizing her Survivor knowledge to build a shelter and gather resources. Bradley, ungrateful and arrogant, pesters Linda to focus on signaling for help, but she insists that their priority must be immediate survival. When Bradley begins to spout misogynistic insults and belittles her abilities, Linda decides she has had enough. She grabs her supplies and abandons him, heading deeper into the island.
Bradley is left alone for nearly two days, immobile, dehydrated, and severely sunburnt. Just as he is on the brink of collapse, Linda returns, tossing him water and coldly reminding him that he is "not in the office anymore." She takes full command of the situation. To secure protein, Linda hunts a wild boar. The confrontation is brutal; she jumps on the beast from a tree, spears it, and finally kills it by stabbing it in the eye as it spews blood and snot onto her face. She returns to camp with the decapitated boar head, cementing her dominance.
Toxic Bonding
While exploring, Linda spots a service boat offshore but deliberately chooses not to signal it, deciding she isn't ready to be found yet. Back at the camp, Bradley tries and fails to build his own shelter and succumbs to eating insects out of desperation. He eventually grovels to Linda, who has surrounded herself with succulent food and a knife she claims washed ashore. As Bradley falls in line, Linda teaches him about the island, pointing out poisonous berries and a distant rock formation shaped like an "X," claiming only thorns lie beyond it. During a walk along a cliff, Linda nearly falls, but Bradley rescues her, sparking a tentative truce.
That night, the two share homemade "toilet wine" made from fermented fruit and bond over their traumas. Bradley reveals his father was absent and his mother was abusive. Linda confesses she was once married to an abusive alcoholic; she admits she eventually stopped hiding his car keys and let him drive drunk, leading to his fatal car crash. The conversation takes a dark turn when Linda nonchalantly suggests they should stay on the island forever.
Betrayal and Retribution
The following evening, Bradley offers to make dinner for Linda. However, she discovers too late that he has spiked her food with the poisonous berries she warned him about. As she collapses, Bradley attempts to flee on a makeshift raft he constructed in secret. The raft is poorly made and is quickly destroyed by the rough surf. Linda, despite being poisoned, recovers enough to swim out and rescue him, though she vomits on him in the process.
The next morning, Bradley attempts to apologize, but Linda exacts her revenge. She feeds him a blue-ringed octopus, the toxins of which temporarily paralyze him. While he is helpless, she threatens him with a knife and seemingly castrates him. It is only after his terror peaks that she reveals she was cutting up a dead rat she placed on his groin, merely toying with him.
The Rescue Party
While harvesting resources, Linda spots a boat approaching. It carries Zuri and a boat captain who have come looking for Bradley. Terrified of returning to her old life as a nobody, Linda intercepts them and offers to lead them to Bradley. She guides them to a treacherous cliffside. When the ground beneath Zuri gives way, she is left hanging precariously. The Captain attempts to pull her up, but Linda grabs a large rock and smashes it into the Captain's head. He falls, taking Zuri down with him to their deaths. Later, Linda experiences hallucinations of a zombified Zuri crawling out of the surf to accuse her of murder.
The Final Hunt
Bradley, now left to fend for himself while Linda feigns illness, goes hunting. He is devastated to find Zuri’s severed hand and engagement ring buried in the sand. Realizing what Linda has done, he confronts her. She insists it was an accident, but Bradley knows better. He steals her knife and flees into the jungle, with Linda in hot pursuit. A brutal brawl ensues; Linda has her eye partially gouged out and is partially scalped, while Bradley is stabbed in the stomach. Bleeding and desperate, Bradley runs toward the "X" rock formation Linda had warned him against.
Linda from Strategy
Bradley discovers that behind the rocks lies a fully furnished, luxurious island getaway house. He breaks inside to hide, but Linda’s voice suddenly booms over the PA system. She reveals she found the house early in their stay; the boat she saw was actually a service vessel restocking the mansion, which is where she got the knife and the supplies she had been hoarding. She admits to intentionally killing Zuri and the Captain to keep her paradise intact.
Linda enters the room wielding a shotgun. Bradley begs for his life, claiming he loves her and wants to stay on the island with her. Linda seems to hesitate, but she notices Bradley has hidden a sharp horn broken off a bull statue behind his back. He wrestles the gun away from her and prepares to execute her, sneering, "Goodbye, Linda from Accounting." He pulls the trigger, but the gun is unloaded. Linda grabs a golf club from the wall, corrects him with, "It's Linda from Research and Strategy," and brutally beats him to death.
Sole Survivor
One year later, Linda is back in civilization, now the CEO of her own company and a celebrity. She is interviewed about her "true" survival story, having successfully claimed she was the sole survivor of the crash. She promotes her new self-help memoir, preaching that no one is coming to save you and you must fend for yourself. A feature film about her ordeal is in the works. The final scene shows Linda driving down a highway with her pet bird, singing along to "One Way or Another" by Blondie. She gives a chilling, knowing glance directly at the camera before driving off into the distance.
Top Cast
- Rachel McAdams as Linda Liddle
- Dylan O'Brien as Bradley Preston
- Dennis Haysbert as Franklin
- Xavier Samuel as Donovan
- Chris Pang as Chase
- Edyll Ismail as Zuri
- Thaneth Warakulnukroh as Island Inhabitant
- Emma Raimi as Flight Attendant
