Roland Voight's dark journey in Hellraiser 2022 is a powerful testament to how one man's reward becomes another man's curse. In the very first scenes of the film, it becomes clear that although Voight is a millionaire and has almost everything one could dream of, he has become a victim of the insidious plans of the iconic Cenobites from the Hellraiser franchise. Hoping to find pleasure, he sacrifices a young man to the puzzle, only to complete its final configuration. After this, he receives the Liminal (Sensation) reward from the Cenobites, which he so covets, but he has to pay dearly for everything.
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After setting the stage for its main characters, Hellraiser 2022 features the return of Roland Voight, but this time as a changed man. It turns out that Liminal's configuration is not what he expected, and what should be pleasant for the Cenobites actually means endless pain for him. Realizing that choosing Liminal's configuration was a mistake, Voight digs himself even deeper into his own grave in Hulu's Hellraiser 2022 reboot as he sets out to put the puzzle back together and seek another blessing from the Cenobites.
Roland's Original Liminal Reward in Hellraiser 2022 Explained
When given a choice between Lament (life), Lore (knowledge), Lauderant (love), Liminal (feeling), Lazarus (resurrection) and Leviathan (power), Voight chooses Liminal (feeling) in hopes that he will be granted pleasure before end of life, not knowing that for the Cenobites pleasure is synonymous with excruciating pain. So they grant him this boon by installing a device on his chest that constantly tugs at his nerves without killing him. This reward causes Voight to suffer greatly and makes every second worth a lifetime of suffering.
Even though the Zenobites always give a twisted version of what they promise, Voight decides to complete the Hellraiser's central puzzle again. Since he can't operate his device like he used to, he pays Riley's boyfriend, Trevor, to find human victims for the puzzle. When he later emerges from hiding to reveal his grand plan to Riley, it becomes apparent that the endless suffering from Liminal's bounty has nearly blinded him, and while he perfectly understands the Sinobites' sinister motives, he cannot live without correcting his biggest mistake. of the past.
Why Roland Voight chose Leviathan's power reward
Voight manages to complete the puzzle a second time, resulting in him being able to choose a different boon. When the priest appears to present him with a new reward, he asks her to overrule his first choice and take his chest. To his horror, Jamie Clayton's priest refuses to grant his wish and tells him that "there is no retreat once the threshold is crossed", meaning his old reward may be replaced by a new one. Desperate to escape his pain, Roland Voight agrees to Leviathan (Power) because he assumes it will give him some form of control and power over his current helpless situation. To some extent, the Priest also takes his helplessness for granted and convinces him to choose power, arguing that anything could be better than enduring the constant pain of the Liminal configuration.
What happened to Roland after his second Hellraiser 2022 reward?
After Hellraiser 2022's main villain, the Priest (aka Pinhead), gives Roland the Leviathan configuration, his ribcage breaks and falls to the ground, leaving a gaping hole in his torso. Magically, the hole closes itself, and for a moment, Voight becomes a normal person again. However, soon after, a huge chain flies out of the ceiling of his mansion and pierces his healed chest. The chain then pulls him into what appears to be the realm of the Cenobites. In the final scenes of Hellraiser, Roland Voight is struck with flames and needles by a powerful force that eventually turns him into a Cenobite.
The climax of the Hulu horror film reveals that after choosing the Leviathan configuration as his second reward, Roland Voight has lost everything that makes him human. The ending of Hellraiser 2022 is symbolic in this regard because Roland's path to finding pleasure and subsequent pain parallels Riley's. Like Voight, she too initially struggles with the long-term consequences of the short-term pleasures of drug addiction. By depicting Roland's transformation into an extra-dimensional being and Riley's acceptance of the agony that comes with human life, Hellraiser paints an intriguing allegory for the dichotomy of choices that make or break a person's moral compass.
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