Obviously, there's no such thing as a "correct" interpretation of a movie, but some do take more work than others. And I think finding any kind of anti-capitalist sentiment in this movie demands a TON of heavy lifting on the part of the audience. There's the pyramid/triangle logo we see on the VR headset and in the social media app, but it's left so vague that I took it as a bland "it's all connected!!!" in much the same way the movie just treats smart phones, VR, and AI (and toy robots) as all interchangeable.

The closest IMO was having the cloned kids having ad breaks. Which is another aspect that might've been interesting if it had been in better hands; in the movie, it just feels like "oh it do be like that in the 21st century, am I right?"

But even with that read, it's still got my main problem, where it's so reluctant to implicate anything at all relevant, that it won't even give its pyramid/triangle corporation a made-up name. The current state of out-of-control tech corporations is just a thing that happens; there's not even a hint of actual human beings behind it, benefitting from it. It's another case where the movie responds to a real thing with a shrug, treating it like "I wish there weren't hurricanes."

And the idea of it being video game loops instead of time loops is absolutely there. And I think it's entirely appropriate for this movie that the discussion isn't "what is it saying?" but "which pre-iPhone movie is it most derivative of?" I was interpreting the frequent mention of him pressing the button to start over as part of this movie's uninspired wake-up call, insisting "in the real world, you don't get a do-over! You have to get it right!" Which is an idea that has been more effectively incorporated in lots of other movies that have more to say.

If the complete incoherence of the last act is actually the movie showing that they've been stuck inside a simulation the entire time, it doesn't do anything to change my main complaint, which is that it's irresponsible in how much it refuses to say anything. And if there's any such thing as a "rule" for satire or black comedy, it's that once you bring in a charged topic, you're obligated to say something about it. You can't have a sub-plot about school shootings and then say it's just been some closed-loop fantasy the whole time.

If it is just intended to be entirely sardonic, saying the entire movie was a big red herring, then I think that's even worse than the incoherent mess I saw. It means that it's content to say "shit's really bad, y'all!" all the while pulling back before assigning blame to any of the causes, and concluding with "somebody should do something about all the problems."