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Spiderhead

Spiderhead

How far would you go to fix human nature?

20225.81h 47m

Overview

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.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski
Written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Saunders
Produced by Agnes Chu, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese
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Top Cast

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth

Steve Abnesti

Miles Teller

Miles Teller

Jeff

Jurnee Smollett

Jurnee Smollett

Lizzy

Mark Paguio

Mark Paguio

Mark Verlaine

Tess Haubrich

Tess Haubrich

Heather

BeBe Bettencourt

BeBe Bettencourt

Emma

Nathan Jones

Nathan Jones

Rogan

Angie Milliken

Angie Milliken

Sarah

Ron Smyck

Ron Smyck

Dave

Joey Vieira

Joey Vieira

Miguel

Themes & Keywords

dystopiapsychological stressprison escapepsychological thrillerinmatebased on short storypsychotronicdrug testing

About Spiderhead

Spiderhead is a science fiction, thriller film released in 2022 exploring themes of dystopia, psychological stress, prison escape, psychological thriller, inmate, based on short story. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, it stars Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett. 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.

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