Sheltering from the 1918 Spanish Flu at their seaside estate, a Progressive journalist and his socialite wife take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook. But when the plague descends on the posh island, the family and staff find themselves cut off from society and, like castaways, struggling to survive. The new cook sees an opportunity to rouse his fellow staff to re-think their stations and have the run of the mansion for themselves. Their employer suspects the cook’s coup is part of a far more sinister agenda. It is not long before the mind games between master and servant breed an all-out war for dominance over the home. Social restraints crack apart. And civility gives way to animal instincts that lurk beneath…
黑色喜剧外衣下的阶级寓言电影。故事发生在1918年西班牙流感肆虐时期，一对精英夫妇带着佣人逃到海岛庄园隔离，结果引狼入室——神秘厨师的加入，像一颗炸弹引爆了这个封闭空间。
导演用荒诞手法把疫情下的生存危机拍成权力游戏。当瘟疫切断了外界联系，穿燕尾服的主人和系围裙的仆人开始身份倒转。厨房不再是做菜的地方，而是革命指挥部：厨师教佣人用银餐具切牛排，实际上在教他们切割阶级枷锁；发酵的面团成了反抗的隐喻，暴雨夜的厨房暴动拍得既滑稽又震撼，剔骨刀和《圣经》在闪电中对决的场面堪称神来之笔。
最讽刺的是所谓的"起义"本质。厨师嘴上喊着平等自由，结果自己当起了新暴君；贵族们撕下体面面具后，比仆人更野蛮。这种"屠龙者终成恶龙"的设定，让观众看着看着就脊背发凉——疫情中我们何尝不是困在各自的"孤岛"？嘴上骂着资本家，转头又在职场卷生卷死。
影片虽然打着喜剧标签，内核却充满辛辣反思。97分钟的片长里塞满了对现代社会的暗喻，看完全片你会明白：哪有什么瘟疫孤岛，我们每天都活在《叛厨风暴》的续集里。