It was so much fun to watch and had a really compelling plot. I definitely recommend it for sci-fi and thriller fans!

Director Joseph Kosinski has a modest directing career, that is in terms of releases: debuting with Gears of War: Mad World (IMDb 8.3), short after, the mostly successful Oblivion (IMDb 7), and, looking at his record, seems like he delivers one banger after another. Until Spiderhead, so it seems. Spiderhead builds a heavy premise around its story with the presence of strong leads like Miles Teller and Chris Hemsworth, the promise of a strong film, I mean, why would such talents, stars accept a low-value entry in the industry. To some degree, I felt this film held its ground, but it definitely missed on some aspects, which is interesting considering that George Saunders, the writer of the short story that this film is based on, was an advisor to the screenwriters. Let’s star on a good note. Spiderhead is thrilling and holds your grip. The central plot is smart enough, keeps us hooked to know what will happen in the end with our protagonist, Jeff. Jeff is a cool guy, but we know he is in this prison facility for something bad, at least bad according to him as he keeps punishing himself mentally about the deed. He just wants to get his redemption and be gone, one way or another. A nice protag to root for. The plot is good, gripping. And, here, I need to address the misleading synopsis on IMDb: Jeff does not start questioning his feelings, he questions the experiment itself. The main plot is about this experiment that Dr. Abnesti runs on volunteered convicts to test drugs that affect emotions. Volunteers get privileges on this remote penitentiary called Spiderhead in trade of taking part into increasingly weird experiments. Jeff is cool with this until he starts wondering how far would Abnesti and the Committee Board go with the experiments to get results on a new drug called N-40. Reads like a suspense thriller, but Director Kosinski reasons unknown decided for a corky sci-fi dark humorous thriller. Lighthearted audience should find it entertaining to see Hemsworth play a funny-wannabe villain, but I'm with the audience that like seriousness for the most part — comedic relief is awesome if done right. Things get pretty bizarre, but the film shrugs it off as like yeah, another day, another experiment, amirite? The trailer makes this even clearer. Endurable, but I would have preferred more seriousness. Another detractor relates to the cliches. After the midpoint revelation, the story gets simpler quickly. The way the subplot will merge with the main plot becomes self-evident fast, and neither performance could improve on this obviousness. One plot point by the middle of the movie hints at either missed opportunities or removed content, a huge shame. I was expecting when that point would culminate into a huge problem, because the film showed me that as a fact, but nope, it just gets dismissed, and that happens mainly due to the simplification of the climax and denouement. So, yeah, Spiderhead entertains, it is unique in its cinematography style, and premise is pretty good. The performance is acceptable and recommendable, nothing wrong with this movie on inadmissible levels, it is just not golden; silver, though.

Had an amazing start but a truly awful ending

If an experimental drug is conceptually involved, then the directorial grasp should remain firm to avoid succumbing to the haze. Director Joseph Kosinski adapted what led to believe an interesting experiment regarding drugged-impacted reactive emotions suggestibly aim as coping mechanisms, but the disconnected misalignment starts to build up rather routinely in simmering the supposed thrill, affecting the characterization to an extent, albeit impressive performances with Hemsworth’s accented transformation in particular. (B-)

Interesting in the beginning. Then it simply drops you on your head. Boring, not believable.

Reveals too much too soon, and without necessary depth or direction it mostly coasts to a basically predictable conclusion. Improves slightly in the second half, but it’s too reminiscent of Ex Machina so it loses most originality points.

It's such an interesting premise and translates to contemporary issues such as self driving cars (progress kills sometimes somebody). However, that was mostly a car crash in directing where the tone went from horror over psychological drama to goofy Austin Powers style comedy. That just drained away all credibility of the film.

Concept had potential Miles teller, Jurnee Smollett and Chris Hemsworth has given good performances but not a great one. ruined with writing (little confusing too). Also Chris should play as antagonist more..

The actors and acting are great but its got to be the most dull sci-fi movie for years

It's engaging enough, well acted and mostly interesting but it's not perfect. The pacing is uneven, there simply isn't enough story to justify the length. I feel like for the first hour that we got it way sooner than the film makers thought we would. What is interesting is really interesting but there is too much of nothing where you think you know where it is going. Thankfully the cast do such a good job that it's worth watching. The production design, camera work, sound design etc is great. The core story and concept is also good but would be better suited as a long short film or part of an anthology. A few aspects of the film didn't fit, like some of the actions seemed forced but this was so minor. Overall average film, nothing memorable but also not bad, so middle of the road I don't know what else to say!

Awful, stupid, boring, trash. Avoid.

Concept was cool and had potential

Absolutely loved this movie. It was like a really, really good Black Mirror episode. Enjoyed it from start to finish. Hemsworth looked like a million bucks and facial expressions were all over the place…I believed them all. Loved the set… Clean and fantastical. I cared about the characters…good back stories and I could be sympathetic to their experiences. I have felt like a drug test Guinea pig, myself. Seeing a drug manufacturer just playing with peoples' lives was relatable for me. Loved the quote at the end so very much that I videoed it for future inspiration. It was about forgiveness of self and how that could change the world…one person at a time.

This is the only time I have ever disagreed with rotten tomatoes! Normally if something has below a 50% rating I avoid it; I am so glad I didn't do that with this movie. Is it Oscar worthy? No. Were there minor holes in the plot? Yup. But don't let that take away from the story and amazing cast. It's a gripping, shocking and suspenseful film that will have you intrigued from beginning to end.

I read the synopsis of the film (I was interested), I saw the trailer and found out that there was Chris Hemsworth in the cast (I got excited), I watched the movie (I was disappointed!) "Spiderhead (2022)" has an intriguing premise, but I found it very weak. Mainly the ending. It could have been better. Note 6/10.

This is quite literally the worst movie i've ever seen, i wish i could rate zero stars

"Spiderhead" is a good thriller. The plot looks compelling, but is developed suboptimally. The high-level cast does not make up for a non-optimal writing of the characters and everything is somewhat off. It's a film that almost never changes pace. Recommended for those who appreciate the genre and for the duration all in all consistent with the development of the plot, for the rest does not exceed the sufficiency

I disagree with the low ratings… I thought this was brilliant and the soundtrack was spot on.

Apparently, no one involved in the making of this flm could decide what they were making. If it's a comedy, it's not funny, if it's a thriller, it's not thrilling. It's just a mess, which is weird beause the cast, premise and budget are all there.

No spiders in this, only Christopher Hemsworth crawling into peoples brains to manipulate their fragile minds. Also, glad there wasn't any spiders. They scare me.