Bugonia

The character of Michelle Fuller, originally male in 'Save the Green Planet!', was gender-swapped for Emma Stone. This change influences the 'sexual dynamics' between her and her male captors, Teddy and Don, and allows for explorations of 'misogyny' within conspiracy narratives. To focus on their mission, Teddy and Don engage in 'pharmaceutical castration,' described as a method to prevent distraction by 'normal sexual urges' and 'risk of seduction.'

Don, Teddy's cousin, commits suicide by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun, resulting in blood splattering on Michelle and a later depiction of his body with a bloody wound and pool of blood. Teddy is killed when a bomb vest he is wearing detonates, 'blowing him to pieces.' Michelle, revealed as the alien empress, eradicates humanity by popping a bubble around a model of Earth, causing everyone to 'instantly—and bloodlessly—drop dead.' Teddy also feeds his comatose mother antifreeze, leading to her death.

Parental guidance notes mention 'rear male and partial nudity.' The film features 'oblique references to child sexual abuse' and 'a few brief, non-explicit sexual references in dialogue.' Characters Teddy and Don undergo 'pharmaceutical castration' as part of their mission preparation to avoid 'normal sexual urges' and the 'risk of seduction.'

The film contains 'more than 50 f-words and about two-dozen s-words,' along with uses of the 'c-word,' 'h—,' and 'a–.' Characters use 'coarse and highly offensive language' aggressively. There are also 'common use of mild profanities and terms of deity,' with God's name misused once.

The title 'Bugonia' refers to an ancient Greek folk ritual/myth where bees spontaneously generate from a sacrificed ox, serving as a governing metaphor for the film. Michelle is an alien empress who communicates with her mothership via her hair and uses a calculator for teleportation. One review describes the film as exhibiting 'cinematic sorcery' and having 'pagan poison,' suggesting a 'cinematic crusade against the Creator' with Michelle as an 'archon queen.'

Teddy's mother, Sandy, is in a 'persistent vegetative state' as a result of an 'experimental drug treatment for opioid withdrawal' administered by Michelle's pharmaceutical company, Auxolith. Teddy fatally poisons his comatose mother by feeding her antifreeze, believing it to be a cure for her condition. Adults are briefly shown consuming wine during a dinner scene.

The movie includes the intense and graphic suicide of Don, who shoots himself in the head with a shotgun, spraying blood onto Michelle. Teddy's death by a detonating bomb vest 'blowing him to pieces' is another explicit scene of intense violence. Michelle, the alien empress, brings about the end of humanity by causing everyone on Earth to 'instantly—and bloodlessly—drop dead,' which is depicted as a mass death montage. The entire premise of being kidnapped and tortured by paranoid individuals is inherently intense.

Teddy and Don exhibit extreme rebellion by kidnapping Michelle Fuller, a high-profile CEO, due to their belief in a global alien conspiracy. This act is a direct defiance of law and authority. Teddy, described as 'paranoid' and 'delusional,' disregards conventional truths and societal norms, fabricating his own 'private religion' of conspiracy theories. The overall 'pervasive rough and considerable crude language' used by characters also conveys a high level of disrespect.

A review identifies 'Bugonia' as a 'cinematic war against God' and a 'masterclass in the creatives’ cinematic crusade against the Creator,' suggesting the film's philosophical underpinnings are explicitly anti-Christian and Gnostic. The film's conclusion, where Michelle (the alien empress) decides humanity is a 'failed experiment' and causes global extinction, conveys a profoundly 'anti-humanist environmental message' and a 'nihilistic' viewpoint that implies mankind deserves annihilation.