The Netflix thriller Spiderhead doesn't aspire to be an Oscar darling, but it is an entertaining psycho-drama with excellent performances from its cast.
Netflix hasn’t found much middle ground when it comes to high-profile original films. The projects produced by the streaming studio have typically been critical darlings that generate heaps of awards buzz or forgettable flops that deliver the Hollywood equivalent of setting a mountain of money on fire. The sci-fi drama Spiderhead is the rare exception, delivering a clever, satisfying thriller that manages to avoid underselling or overselling its premise.
On the surface, Spiderhead could be played in two very different ways. On one hand, the film has all the necessary ingredients for a dark satire of the prison industrial complex and the pharmaceutical industry. On the flip side, there’s plenty of potential for a straightforward thriller given the cast and creative team involved in the film.
Teller and Smollett also deliver fine — if not particularly standout — performances as the star-crossed inmates who find themselves at the center of Abnesti’s latest experiment. Their characters are intended to exist in a constant state of semi-dazed compliance due to the cocktail of drugs they’re subjected to on a daily basis, but when the story calls upon them to explore more extreme points on the emotional spectrum, they give those moments all the intensity they demand.
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