![]() They both finally go to the grocery store and fill up 3 baskets of food. Jenai continues to worry the apocalypse has happened and they were left behind. Later they are just in the hotel room discussing possibilities of what happened. He tries to wake her but she refuses to get up. The next morning Riley is once again up and dressed while Jenai is still in bed. After searching most of the day they go back to their room and go to bed. Jenai questions if this could be the rapture. They take the car and their search continues. They find a car in the middle of the road still in drive. They leave the hotel in search for other people. Riley looks for webcams around the world and they are all empty of life. Riley is checking the internet trying to find out what's going on. Janei keeps calling and texting her family. The only programs not working are the news shows. The restaurant has TV'son and they begin to flip through the channels. They end up in a restaurant after walking the whole city looking for other people. They call their families and no one answers. Feeling panicked they start looking in the buildings but cannot find anyone. As they continue they start to yell out to anyone that could hear them. Walking down the street they start to notice that it seems empty. They go down and find there is no continental breakfast. He starts to wake up a sleepy Jenai who doesn't want to get up. That morning Riley is up and ready to go. There is a strange light in the sky that flashes into a blinding light that encompasses everything. Jenai gets up and noticed there is a light coming from outside. Next it is the middle of the night and they are asleep in their hotel room. They walk up to a waterfall and stand under it seemly happy and in love. All the while Riley is still taking pictures. Next they go out with a tour group to the mountainside. They end up at a church and speak to the Pastor who talks to them for a bit about the history of Iceland. Riley talks about his love for taking photos. They stop to eat and discuss if they can find film for the camera. Next they are out site seeing and various other activities while Riley continues to take pictures. They arrive at their hotel, put their things away and look out the window. Riley takes out his camera and starts taking pictures. In a world still reeling from a pandemic of its own, it’s a thrilling yet reassuring ride that’s a balm for any lingering feelings of dread.The couple, Jenai and Riley are napping on a bus that is traveling in beautiful open land. Oxygen is a story of human resilience and, on a different level, what makes us human in the first place. It certainly deserves better than being shoved in Netflix’s back catalog, never to be seen again. It should go next to movies like Gravity and the “Beyond the Sea” episode of Black Mirror, which explores the loneliness and claustrophobia of space travel. Oxygen has fallen into obscurity since its release, but it deserves a resurgence. The pace never feels too slow, and it’s never as boring as “a woman tries to get out of a box.” It all leads to a shocking twist that gives the frantic buildup the perfect conclusion. If the gimmick isn’t enough to convince you, the script is as airtight as Liz’s chamber. When it’s not a claustrophobic survival thriller, Oxygen examines what it’s like to live through a pandemic.
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