Onslaught is a natural sequel to The Guest, as far as the military-industrial complex goes
Adam Wingard's kinda-follow-up to The Guest, Onslaught depicts an arms race run rampant, expanding from his contained thriller.
The military-industrial complex is the central theme in both Onslaught and The Guest, two movies directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett. The connection between the two films is through the fictional private military contractor KPG, which is mentioned in both movies. In The Guest, KPG is responsible for a military experiment that turns a veteran into a super-soldier named David, who is initially friendly but later becomes a killer due to his "neurological condition."
In Onslaught, set a decade after The Guest, KPG has evolved into a more powerful entity that creates an army of remorseless super-soldiers, overseen by the scientist portrayed by Dan Stevens. The movies share similar imagery, such as a jack-o'-lantern, and focus on the consequences of military excess. The protagonist in The Guest, David, is later upgraded to a mad scientist in Onslaught, who engineers the super-soldiers.
The evolution of KPG and its role in shaping the super-soldiers highlights the ongoing arms race driven by the military-industrial complex, which ultimately results in the creation of deadly, uncontrolled monsters.
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