Spiderhead

Running time 107 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $100 million Spiderhead is a 2022 American Spiderhead premiered in Plot [ ] Spiderhead is a Inmate Jeff, still reeling from having killed his friend whilst drunk driving, is given N-40, a "love drug", which distorts his senses and drives him to have sex with two of his fellow inmates. Steve asks him to choose which one of them to give Darkenfloxx, a drug that induces intense fear and psychological pain. He declines to choose, claiming he feels nothing in particular for either one of them after the effects of the love drug had worn off. Mark helps Steve administer some N-40 to himself. The next day, Steve brings Jeff into the observation room and tells him that the "higher ups" have decided that the younger of the two women, Heather, must be injected with a dose, though it will only last 5 minutes. Jeff reluctantly agrees, and to his horror, Heather commits suicide while on the Darkenfloxx after she damages her MobiPak, the device that administers the drugs. This causes Mark to doubt their work in the facility. As Steve rushes out of the projection room, he drops his keys. Jeff unlocks Steve's desk compartment, discovering that there are no "higher-ups": the prison is run by Abnesti Pharmaceuticals, Steve's company. The drugs were named from a Steve and Jeff get high together on a laughing drug, as Steve also has a MobiPak installed. Steve tells Jeff that his father abandoned him as a child. Jeff confess...

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Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Mark Paguio, and friends in Spiderhead. Photo: Courtesy Of Netflix Spiderhead begins and ends with scenes of laughter — the first creepy and surreal, the last forlorn and ambiguous. In between lies a tonal high-wire act of a movie, by design. In Joseph Kosinski’s film of George Saunders’s short story “Escape From Spiderhead” (adapted by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, probably known best for their screenplay for Deadpool), a group of inmates in a futuristic prison willingly undergo experiments on their emotions. Small packs attached to their spines administer compounds that can make them giggle at the thought of genocide, find untold beauty in a toxic waste dump, or cower in fear at the sight of a stapler. Overseeing it all is the chummy Steve Abnesti (Chris Hemsworth), an eager-to-please As played by Hemsworth, Abnesti is both a slack, casual prophet and a deeply broken individual, an abandoned child determined to make the world a better place. He’s also quite funny. Among our current spate of Marvel stars, Hemsworth has some of the best comic timing, as he’s demonstrated in cameos and supporting turns in films such as Vacation and Ghostbusters (so much so that his Thor has gone from being one of the most stolid of superheroes to one of Spiderhead might well be the best thing he’s done, giving a complicated lead role the unpredictable energy he’s brought in the past to his comedic turns. Every one of Abnesti’s humorous asides — and there are p...

Not everyone who loves good design is an evil genius. But we have to admit, the fact that Spiderhead movie, on Netflix, has filled the prison where he carries out not-exactly-kosher experiments on inmates with furniture you could find in any of the best AD home tours makes a lot of sense. The film, which hit the streaming service late last month, is based on the short story “Escape from Spiderhead,” by George Saunders, published in The New Yorker in 2010, and stars Hemsworth as Steve Abnesti, the man in charge of a prison facility housed in a striking It seems like—sort of—a fair trade off at first, until Abnesti’s true motives are revealed to be more sinister. As the layers are peeled back on this arrogant man whose desire for greatness has decimated any sort of moral compass he may have once possessed, the design of the film does a lot of heavy lifting to communicate his bizarre psyche. Director Joseph Kosinski, who also directed Teller in Top Gun: Maverick, enlisted that blockbuster’s production designer, Jeremy Hindle, for Spiderhead as well, giving him the following brief: “I want you to do the most beautiful set you’ll ever do in your life.” The idea is that this is Abnesti’s patented version of prison paradise. In one scene, Teller’s character visits Abnesti’s lair, and they lounge in Togo chairs from the NETFLIX “If you look at, say, Steve Jobs or Elon Musk, when someone has this kind of money, but they also have taste, like Jobs, the design is always so beautiful....

Not everyone who loves good design is an evil genius. But we have to admit, the fact that Spiderhead movie, on Netflix, has filled the prison where he carries out not-exactly-kosher experiments on inmates with furniture you could find in any of the best AD home tours makes a lot of sense. The film, which hit the streaming service late last month, is based on the short story “Escape from Spiderhead,” by George Saunders, published in The New Yorker in 2010, and stars Hemsworth as Steve Abnesti, the man in charge of a prison facility housed in a striking It seems like—sort of—a fair trade off at first, until Abnesti’s true motives are revealed to be more sinister. As the layers are peeled back on this arrogant man whose desire for greatness has decimated any sort of moral compass he may have once possessed, the design of the film does a lot of heavy lifting to communicate his bizarre psyche. Director Joseph Kosinski, who also directed Teller in Top Gun: Maverick, enlisted that blockbuster’s production designer, Jeremy Hindle, for Spiderhead as well, giving him the following brief: “I want you to do the most beautiful set you’ll ever do in your life.” The idea is that this is Abnesti’s patented version of prison paradise. In one scene, Teller’s character visits Abnesti’s lair, and they lounge in Togo chairs from the NETFLIX “If you look at, say, Steve Jobs or Elon Musk, when someone has this kind of money, but they also have taste, like Jobs, the design is always so beautiful....

Running time 107 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $100 million Spiderhead is a 2022 American Spiderhead premiered in Plot [ ] Spiderhead is a Inmate Jeff, still reeling from having killed his friend whilst drunk driving, is given N-40, a "love drug", which distorts his senses and drives him to have sex with two of his fellow inmates. Steve asks him to choose which one of them to give Darkenfloxx, a drug that induces intense fear and psychological pain. He declines to choose, claiming he feels nothing in particular for either one of them after the effects of the love drug had worn off. Mark helps Steve administer some N-40 to himself. The next day, Steve brings Jeff into the observation room and tells him that the "higher ups" have decided that the younger of the two women, Heather, must be injected with a dose, though it will only last 5 minutes. Jeff reluctantly agrees, and to his horror, Heather commits suicide while on the Darkenfloxx after she damages her MobiPak, the device that administers the drugs. This causes Mark to doubt their work in the facility. As Steve rushes out of the projection room, he drops his keys. Jeff unlocks Steve's desk compartment, discovering that there are no "higher-ups": the prison is run by Abnesti Pharmaceuticals, Steve's company. The drugs were named from a Steve and Jeff get high together on a laughing drug, as Steve also has a MobiPak installed. Steve tells Jeff that his father abandoned him as a child. Jeff confess...

Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Mark Paguio, and friends in Spiderhead. Photo: Courtesy Of Netflix Spiderhead begins and ends with scenes of laughter — the first creepy and surreal, the last forlorn and ambiguous. In between lies a tonal high-wire act of a movie, by design. In Joseph Kosinski’s film of George Saunders’s short story “Escape From Spiderhead” (adapted by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, probably known best for their screenplay for Deadpool), a group of inmates in a futuristic prison willingly undergo experiments on their emotions. Small packs attached to their spines administer compounds that can make them giggle at the thought of genocide, find untold beauty in a toxic waste dump, or cower in fear at the sight of a stapler. Overseeing it all is the chummy Steve Abnesti (Chris Hemsworth), an eager-to-please As played by Hemsworth, Abnesti is both a slack, casual prophet and a deeply broken individual, an abandoned child determined to make the world a better place. He’s also quite funny. Among our current spate of Marvel stars, Hemsworth has some of the best comic timing, as he’s demonstrated in cameos and supporting turns in films such as Vacation and Ghostbusters (so much so that his Thor has gone from being one of the most stolid of superheroes to one of Spiderhead might well be the best thing he’s done, giving a complicated lead role the unpredictable energy he’s brought in the past to his comedic turns. Every one of Abnesti’s humorous asides — and there are p...

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Running time 107 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $100 million Spiderhead is a 2022 American Spiderhead premiered in Plot [ ] Spiderhead is a Inmate Jeff, still reeling from having killed his friend whilst drunk driving, is given N-40, a "love drug", which distorts his senses and drives him to have sex with two of his fellow inmates. Steve asks him to choose which one of them to give Darkenfloxx, a drug that induces intense fear and psychological pain. He declines to choose, claiming he feels nothing in particular for either one of them after the effects of the love drug had worn off. Mark helps Steve administer some N-40 to himself. The next day, Steve brings Jeff into the observation room and tells him that the "higher ups" have decided that the younger of the two women, Heather, must be injected with a dose, though it will only last 5 minutes. Jeff reluctantly agrees, and to his horror, Heather commits suicide while on the Darkenfloxx after she damages her MobiPak, the device that administers the drugs. This causes Mark to doubt their work in the facility. As Steve rushes out of the projection room, he drops his keys. Jeff unlocks Steve's desk compartment, discovering that there are no "higher-ups": the prison is run by Abnesti Pharmaceuticals, Steve's company. The drugs were named from a Steve and Jeff get high together on a laughing drug, as Steve also has a MobiPak installed. Steve tells Jeff that his father abandoned him as a child. Jeff confess...

• Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) • Flipboard • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) • Click to copy URL • Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Spiderhead’ on Netflix, a High-Concept Sci-fi Comedy Thriller That Even Chris Hemsworth Isn’t Strong Enough to Hold Together • Netflix high-concept dystopian sci-fi mystery-adventure black comedy (gasp, pant) Spiderhead is a collision of styles (as you probably noticed) and talent. Producer and star Chris Hemsworth headlines, followed by and Whiplash guy Miles Teller, the underrated Jurnee Smollett, director Joseph Kosinski (whose career just whoa-nelly super-duper peaked with Top Gun: Maverick ) and / screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, adapting a short story by bestselling author George Saunders. Of course, all this creative muscle isn’t guaranteed to add up to something resplendent or coherent, which I’m gonna get into right about now. SPIDERHEAD: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? The Gist: Steve Abnesti (Hemsworth) is a pharmaceutical science man developing little vials of colored liquid that can significantly manipulate or alter a person’s moods and emotions. The drugs are administered via little not particularly utopian battery-pack thingy at the base of the spine; one swipe of Steve’s phone and a body’s laughing euphorically at mass death, or overwhelmed with such love and lust it can’t help but schtup the l...