Rachel McAdams is earning plenty of appreciation for her performance in director Sam Raimi's psychological thriller Send Help, opposite Dylan O'Brien. The film brought the actor back together with Raimi, the director of her MCU films: Doctor Strange (2016) and its sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).

Recently, Raimi admitted that the Doctor Strange sequel did not utilise McAdams' talents well enough. Speaking to Total Film, Raimi said, "I had a chance to work with her on my last film and saw how talented she was and actually underutilised, and I promised myself that I would work with her again. And then this film came up, and her warmth is wonderful."

The filmmaker went on to add that Zainab Azizi, the producer of Send Help, reminded him of the surprise element in having Rachel McAdams play a downright dark antagonist, because she had not portrayed such a role before in her career.

Send Help follows the power dynamics between an underutilised employee (McAdams) and her boss (O'Brien). When they get stranded on an island following a flight accident, the two are forced to set aside their differences and figure out an escape plan. The film also stars Dennis Haysbert, Xavier Samuel, Edyll Ismail, Thaneth Warakulnukroh, and Chris Pang.

Raimi said that he wanted the film to keep the audience waiting in anticipation of what happens next in the plot following a murder. "Because the movie’s focus is not a whodunnit, but what comes next, that’s what really the movie wants to do to the audience," he shared.

The film has grossed around 37 million from theatres worldwide, according to reports. In our Send Help movie review, Sreejith Mullappilli wrote, "McAdams forces you to look through Linda and see her for who she is rather than just what she becomes. She performs in a way that avoids simple 'revenge thriller' tropes; Linda is no symbol of female agency but a flawed person facing ultimate moral decay."