Like an extra long episode of Black Mirror
duo Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick penning the script. Hemsworth stars as Steve Abnesti, an eccentric tech and science visionary who runs the Spiderhead Penitentiary and Research Center. The prison itself is located on what appears to be a remote island; the building is a daunting brutalist structure outside and looks like a vision of the future from 1975 inside.
Spiderhead has an open-door policy and seemingly no guards stationed. Inmates are all given jobs, like managing the snack output or serving as janitors. What really makes the place unique, though, is the little device implanted on the back of every resident. Each is full of a series of colorful vials containing different chemicals, and with a smartphone app, Abnesti can manipulate those chemicals to administer a specific drug and alter the state of the inmates.
There are drugs that make the inmates uncontrollably horny or hungry and another that turns any view into the most beautiful vista the person has ever laid eyes on. One drug turns a simple object — like, say, a stapler — into your absolute worst fear. As the prisoners experience the effects, Abnesti watches from behind a large glass wall, frequently giving out directions over a speaker.
differentiates itself with sheer audacity and its jarring tonal whiplash. The experiments are obviously disturbing, but it’s all hidden under a veneer of privilege and the illusion of choice. The inmates go along with it, even when it’s really messed up — at one point, a prisoner named Jeff is forced to choose which of his fellow inmates should get the worst mind-altering drug — because, well, it’s better than being in a regular prison.
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