Overview
- Reviews describe a claustrophobic story in which two working‑class men abduct a biomed CEO they believe is an alien plotting Earth’s destruction.
- Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons draw widespread praise for electric performances that turn the standoff into a battle over rhetoric and control.
- The film satirizes management speak and capitalism while engaging themes of opioid-related harm, class precarity and bee-collapse anxieties.
- Several outlets note graphic brutality and torture sequences, with some critics arguing the violence occasionally feels excessive.
- Bugonia is a loose remake of 2003’s Save the Green Planet! updated by writer Will Tracy, and one outlet reports a German theatrical release on October 30, 2025.