Spiderhead
Two convicts confront their pasts in a facility run by a visionary who gives them emotion-altering drugs in this near-future action thriller from the director of Top Gun: Maverick, starring Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller.
2022Rating: R106 minsUSACondé Nast Entertainment, Grand Electric, Reese Wernick Productions
ActionDramaScience FictionThriller
Spiderhead | Reviews
The other film released this year from the director of Top Gun: Maverick is "fun weekend viewing" rather than "future classic" - but gets maximum bang for buck out of limited locations and stars an enjoyably villainous Chris Hemsworth.
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RogerEbert.com
Though it starts with promise, Spiderhead... treats its most intriguing elements like an afterthought.
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Boston Globe
Spiderhead really goes off the rails... But at least it has rails to go off of, and they’re pretty good ones.
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The Guardian
Having stretched out the story idea to feature-film length, the film doesn’t really give the sense that it knows where it is going.
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The New York Times
Kosinski can’t make the inane philosophising about free will sound profound or new...
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San Francisco Chronicle
(The film) offers the pleasure of watching two actors, just coming into their full powers, going at it full-bore, moment by moment.
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A.V. Club
With nimble performances, slick polish, dark-pitched wit, razor sharp sentiments, and a Yacht Rock-infused soundtrack, the film proves a seductive high.
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Empire Magazine
A highly talky, at times upsetting prison drama — think Fortress meets Limitless.
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The Telegraph
It’s essentially the Ex Machina you can follow while making cups of tea and checking your phone, which may be all that Netflix wanted from it.
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Slash Film
By no means a flawless execution, Spiderhead is a compelling story that had me hooked from the opening shot to the closing credits.
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Los Angeles Times
Teller’s lead performance is characteristically layered and complex... He plays subtext beautifully in Spiderhead, with plangent notes of regret.
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Entertainment Weekly
The movie rarely meets a point it can't make three times over, then hit with a mallet.
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Hollywood Reporter
Teller and Smollett deliver grounded, emotionally committed performances...
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Variety
All the ingredients are there for a daring satire... but the icky execution gets every creative decision wrong.
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Collider
An extremely intriguing concept and fantastic performances all around the board...
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Spiderhead | News & Opinion
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Spiderhead offers cerebral sci-fi thrills—and a fun villainous role for Chris Hemsworth
Consider it “weekend viewing” rather than “future classic.”
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Spiderhead | Release Details
Spiderhead is available to stream in Australia now on Netflix.