In Unfriended: Dark Web, we start on the home screen of software developer Matias’s new laptop, one that he found at a local cafe and took as his own. It strives for authenticity and acceptance from its young target demographic and while its hi-tech trappings might age fast (many of its real-world nods appear in the trending news box on the Facebook homepage which has since been scrapped), an abundance of effort is rarely a bad thing in the horror genre. The first, and doubtfully last, sequel to sleeper hit Unfriended, which turned a $1m budget into a $64m gross, isn’t worthy of any real comparison to Jordan Peele’s socially minded game-changer but together with the recent Purge prequel, it suggests a certain brand awareness of audience. Both come from Blumhouse, the staggeringly successful production company that struck gold with last year’s razor sharp thriller Get Out but has gained an industry foothold through aggressive franchising. The Circle then takes bets on whether he will kill himself, but the result isn't shown.While there’s still the standard checklist of shouting, clicking, screaming, buffering and dying, it’s also a film that’s surprisingly plugged into the world around us and it’s uploading into cinemas just weeks after The First Purge, another horror sequel that felt strangely of the time with visual nods to an increase in far-right violence, including a queasy Charlottesville “homage”. In the final alternate ending, Matias is led to believe Amaya has been killed, then left alone with a gun. It seems some were impressed by Matias' willingness to bargain in order to save Erica's life, despite his not knowing her before the "game" began. The first of these is the happiest of the bunch, as both Matias and Amaya are allowed to live after a vote by the members of The Circle. The home video release for Unfriended: Dark Web adds two additional ending options to the mix.
In the second ending, Matias is lured to a remote location and then buried alive, and Amaya is forced to watch him die via cell phone, although she appears to live.
His girlfriend Amaya is also killed along with the rest of the people on the group chat. He's run over by a van, after he and his friends have successfully been framed for many of The Circle's murders. In the first theatrical ending, Matias is killed by the dark web cabal, known as The Circle.
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