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Spiderhead
2022 | 18+ | 1h 47m | Movies Based on Books
A prisoner in a state-of-the-art penitentiary begins to question the purpose of the emotion-controlling drugs he’s testing for a pharmaceutical genius.
Starring:Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett
Based on the dystopian short tale “Escape from Spiderhead” by George Saunders, Spiderhead is a 2022 American science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, and Jurnee Smollett are the movie’s stars. The plot centers on prisoners who take part in experiments utilizing substances that alter consciousness in an opulent prison. 2020 saw the start of principal photography in Australia.
On June 11, 2022, Spiderhead had its Sydney premiere, and on June 17, it became available on Netflix. Critics gave the movie a variety of ratings.
Plot
Modern prison Spiderhead tests the effects of substances used in scientific study. The study aims to shorten the sentences of the test subjects, who are officially state prisoners. The empathetic and hospitable Steve Abnesti and his helper Mark are in charge of running the program. The inmates live in their own quarters, perform tasks, and have unrestricted freedom of movement. Every day, the individuals are put through drug tests that change their emotions and how they perceive their surroundings.
Jeff, an inmate still in shock over killing his friend while driving drunk, is administered N-40, a “love drug,” which causes him to lose consciousness and pushes him to have intercourse with two other prisoners. Steve requests that he select which
The “higher ups” have decided that he and Heather, the younger of the two ladies, must have an injection, but it will only last for five minutes, Steve informs him the next day. As a result of Heather damaging her MobiPak, the device that delivers the medications, Jeff reluctantly agrees, and to his horror, Heather commits suicide while taking Darkenfloxx. Mark becomes skeptical of the facility’s work as a result. As Steve rushes out of the projection room, he drops his keys. When Jeff opens Steve’s desk drawer, he realizes there are no “higher-ups” because Abnesti Pharmaceuticals is in charge of running the prison. The names for the medications came from a bingo card.
Steve and Jeff share a laughing drug high because Steve had a MobiPak inserted. Steve reveals to Jeff that his father left him when he was a little boy. Jeff tells Lizzy, a fellow prisoner with whom he has a close relationship, that in the automobile accident, in addition to killing his companion, he also killed his girlfriend. They kiss after Lizzy gives him a hug. Steve notices Jeff’s feelings for Lizzy. Mark starts questioning Steve’s motivations, and when Jeff confronts him, he breaks down.When Steve requests that Jeff give Lizzy Darkenfloxx, Jeff seizes control of Steve’s MobiPak and forces him to acknowledge that the real purpose of the program is to test the compliance drug B-6. To put B-6 to the ultimate test — whether or not they would damage their love if told to — the other medications are essentially side projects. Inmates had actually been under the influence of the obedience pill the entire time they had agreed to the different examinations.
Steve also reveals to Jeff that Lizzy’s appeal for release had been denied the week before, despite the fact that he had actually served his entire sentence seven months earlier. In an effort to get Steve to turn open the main entrance door so that Lizzy can escape, Jeff then commands him to hand over the pocket knife. Instead of giving up, Steve grabs his phone and activates all four Darkenfloxx vials in Lizzy’s MobiPak.
, leading her to act wildly and make a suicide attempt. In their struggle for dominance, Jeff manages to disarm Steve while also breaking his MobiPak. Steve gets up and issues an order for the other prisoners to arrest Jeff and Lizzy as Jeff tries to save Lizzy and successfully removes the vials of Darkenfloxx. After outnumbering the other prisoners and closing the main entrance behind them, they are able to flee from Spiderhead. Steve flees the island on his floatplane as Mark and the cops close in on the island, but while high off of his damaged MobiPak, he happily crashes into a mountain. While this is going on, Jeff and Lizzy escape on the last motorboat.
Jeff says in a voice-over that self-forgiveness is not something that can simply be fixed; rather, it must be worked on and chosen.
Cast
- Chris Hemsworth as Steve Abnesti
- Miles Teller as Jeff
- Jurnee Smollett as Lizzy
- Tess Haubrich as Heather
- Angie Milliken as Sarah
- Nathan Jones as Rogan
Production \sDevelopment
The New Yorker first featured “Escape from Spiderhead” in 2010, and the short story anthology Tenth of December by author George Saunders featured it in 2013. In February 2019, it was revealed that Joseph Kosinski would be directing the screenplay written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick for the adaptation. [1] Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, and Jurnee Smollett joined the cast in September 2020.
Filming
At the Hinze Dam in Queensland, Australia, movies were filmed.
Following a AU$21.58 million investment from the Australian Government, shared with the production of Pieces of Her (lured to Sydney from British Columbia, Canada), to boost the national economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, principal photography began in Queensland, Australia, in early November 2020.
According to Queensland Premier Annastacia Paaszczuk, the output will bring in about AUD$47 million and provide 360 local employment.
The Gold Coast, Darlington, and the Whitsundays, a well-known tourist attraction, were among the locations used for filming. “The nice thing about this place is you can be on the beach, you can do waterwork, you can be in the desert, you might be in the country and feel like you’re in Texas, you can be in a jungle and feel like you’re in Hawaii,” producer Tommy Harper said regarding the venues. Tallebudgera Valley and Hinze Dam were also used for filming.
Release
Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive officer and chief content officer of Netflix, said that the movie was anticipated to debut in the fourth quarter of 2021 as part of a video and letter to its shareholders in April 2021.
The movie’s scheduled release date of June 17, 2022, was announced in April 2022. [10] On June 11, 2022, the world premiere took place at The Entertainment Quarter in Sydney, Australia.
Reception
39% of the 148 critic reviews on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes are favorable, with an overall rating of 5.2/10. “Spiderhead’s top-shelf cast and well-written source material are almost enough to compensate for its periodic failure to live up to its potential,” the website’s consensus states. Based on 34 reviews, the weighted average review site Metacritic gave the movie a score of 54 out of 100, indicating “mixed or mediocre reviews.” It received a 2 out of 4 star rating from Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com, who said that while it “starts with promise,” it is instead “pseudo-heady sci-fi drivel that treats its more intriguing components like an afterthought.”
CONCLUSION
Another flagrantly entertaining flick from Netflix. Does anyone actually think as I am inclined to believe that, a love inducing drug could save the world by cutting down a daily 15-cigarettes consumption over loneliness? In any case, let's just agree that's a typical shtick from the quirky screenplay duo Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick who co-wrote 'Deadpool' (20th Century Fox, 2016) and its sequel.
Based on the short story 'Escape From Spiderhead' (The New Yorker 2010) of The New York Times Review's '10 Best Books' and Story Prize winner 'Tenth Of December' by George Saunders in 2013, it opens the eyes on today's prisoners given a choice or adaption to the authority. If the drug can be programed it should be tested on all employers who have taken their employees for granted.
State-of-the-art set with breathtaking location shot in down under's Gold Coast and two heartthrobs (a smooth operator Chris Hemsworth and a vigorous Miles Teller) as lead casts, these but hardly add up to the imposing sci-fi thriller in 103 minutes. At least but creditable, co-producer Hemsworth did put together a sickeningly easy-to-listen soundtrack that includes "The Logical Song" (Supertramp), "What A Fool Believes" (The Doobie Brothers), "She Blinded Me With Science" (Thomas Dolby), "You Make My Dreams (Come True)" (Hall & Oates), "Crazy Love" (Poco).
Released first to Hemsworth's homeland capital last week and available for stream online now if you his new adorned look as a pharmaceutical genius.