Because of the inconsistency of the story, you can’t tell what the film is arguing. Is it about how even equitable systems can lead to cold crackdowns? Or might it be critiquing the COVID lockdowns, claiming that puritanical isolation infringed on people’s rights. In any case, “The Platform 2” suffers from only offering more of the same. Before long, it taps a character from the first film, rehashes the already worked-over premonitions and metaphors from the first film, and even tries to neatly tie both works together through a ham-fisted post-credit scene.