{"id":464617,"date":"2022-06-18T00:26:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T21:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-ending-of-spiderhead-explained\/"},"modified":"2022-06-18T00:26:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T21:26:09","slug":"the-ending-of-spiderhead-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-ending-of-spiderhead-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Ending of &#8216;Spiderhead&#8217; Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab706e4586\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab706e4586\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-ending-of-spiderhead-explained\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Ending_of_%E2%80%98Spiderhead_Explained%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Ending of &#8216;Spiderhead&#8217; Explained&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Ending_of_%E2%80%98Spiderhead_Explained%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Ending of &#8216;Spiderhead&#8217; Explained&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;In \u2018Spiderhead,\u2019 nothing is what it seems. Here\u2019s a breakdown of that wild twist ending,&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/spiderhead-explained-netflix-movie.jpeg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spiderhead Explained Netflix Movie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/spiderhead-explained-netflix-movie.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/spiderhead-explained-netflix-movie-768x468.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Netflix&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Aurora Amidon\u00a0\u00b7 Published on June 17th, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;Ending Explained&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt; is a recurring column in which we explore the finales, secrets, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>s of interesting <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> and shows, both new and old. This time, we consider the ending of the new Netflix psychological thriller Spiderhead. Yes, prepare for spoilers.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there was a drug that could make everything around you look beautiful, would you take it? What about one that made you find everything funny? Or one that made you fall in love? And what if there was a substance you could give someone that made them do anything you say? Or one that caused them great pain and discomfort?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the questions explored in <\/span><strong><i>Spiderhead<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Netflix\u2019s new sci-fi thriller directed by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top Gun: Maverick<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s <strong>Joseph<\/strong> <strong>Kosinski<\/strong> and penned by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deadpool<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-writers <strong>Rhett<\/strong> <strong>Reese<\/strong> and <strong>Paul<\/strong> <strong>Wernick<\/strong>. Based on George Saunders\u2019 2010 New Yorker short story \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2010\/12\/20\/escape-from-spiderhead\">Escape from Spiderhead<\/a>,\u201d the film follows Jeff (<strong>Miles<\/strong> <strong>Teller<\/strong>), a young man serving time in an experimental prison facility called \u201cSpiderhead.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conceived by pharma-God Steve Abnesti (<strong>Chris<\/strong> <strong>Hemsworth<\/strong>), Spiderhead administers test drugs that create synthetic emotional states \u2013 such as love, laughter, or honesty \u2013 to inmates as part of a preliminary trial. In exchange, subjects are granted a little more independence during their sentences. And if all this sounds a little sketchy, don\u2019t worry: Steve assures Jeff that he created these substances to ensure world peace. But, as you might expect, it isn\u2019t long before the drugs start to have (really) adverse effects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spiderhead<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s third act, Jeff is fed up with Steve\u2019s threats to use the drug Darkenfloxx \u2013 which provokes acute suicidal tendencies \u2013 on prisoners during the tests. So Jeff starts digging around and discovers that Steve is in the process of testing a brand new drug: B6, or O-B-D-X (sounds a little like obedience, eh?). Meanwhile, Steve is in the process of putting B6 through its final test: Is it strong enough to make you hurt someone that you love?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So Steve fills Jeff with the submission-juice, and places the latter\u2019s kinda-girlfriend, Lizzy (<strong>Jurnee<\/strong> <strong>Smollett<\/strong>), in the test room. Then, he commands Jeff to pump her with the dreaded Darkenfloxx. Jeff says no, proving that B6 isn\u2019t quite as strong as Steve had hoped. Jeff then decides to stop his boss once and for all, and the two get in a fight, which leads Steve\u2019s drug box to break and subsequently flood him with a cocktail of his own nefarious potions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Jeff rescues Lizzy and the two make a mad dash for the exit, but not before Steve orders the rest of the inmates, who are unknowingly jacked up on B6, to stop the couple from leaving the facility. The two get out right in the nick of time, though, and race back to the mainland on a boat. To escape being caught by the cops, Steve flies his plane off the island, but the Darkenfloxx compels him to crash into the side of a rocky mountain before he can make his great escape.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spiderhead <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ends with two characters literally riding off into the sunset. But is it really a happy ending? On one level, this triumphant finale is undeniably about the perseverance of love above all else. After all, love is the one state of being that B6 cannot overpower. And on a smaller scale, Jeff\u2019s love for Lizzy is what finally gives him the strength to break free from Spiderhead\u2019s grasp, despite initially believing that he deserved his treatment at the facility due to the nature of the crime that sent him there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One can safely assume, then, that once Jeff and Lizzy return to the mainland, they will live a happy life together. This is an undeniably less cynical ending than Saunders\u2019 short story, which not only sees Jeff committing suicide with Darkenfloxx, but also forgoes a love-interest character altogether, and thereby takes the question of \u201clove persevering over everything\u201d entirely off the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the end of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spiderhead <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">isn\u2019t all rainbows and butterflies. Behind the happily-ever-after ending shot, the film inevitably leaves its viewer with a bitter taste in their mouth. Earlier, Jeff mentions that this isn\u2019t the first experimental facility he has been to. So while Steve\u2019s death is undeniably a step in the right direction, one can assume that, in this world, there are dozens of other Steves hungry to step into his shoes and exploit prisoners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This leads us to our next question: was Steve always corrupt? There are two plausible options. One: his company, Abnesti Pharmaceuticals, really <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> start out as a venture for world peace. Steve simply wanted to get people laughing more, loving more, and being more honest. But then, once he got a taste for being the puppetmaster, he couldn\u2019t stop until he had total control \u2013\u00a0ie: until B6 was coursing through the entire populations\u2019 veins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or maybe that theory gives Steve too much credit. Perhaps B6 was always the end goal, and the other drugs were simply a means to an end. The love drug, for example, has the potential to allow the administrator to test whether or not a subject will harm his loved one while under the influence of B6. The honesty drug is simply another form of obedience, too, and Darkenfloxx is nothing more than an elevated form of torture. In the end, maybe these substances were all conceived as mere baby steps toward the creation of B6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The true key to understanding <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spiderhead<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s ending, though, comes in a comparison between it and its source material. In \u201cEscape from Spiderhead,\u201d the problem of exploitation remains at the forefront until the very end. Unlike in the film, B6 doesn\u2019t come in the form of a twist. Instead, it is present from day one. This asserts a kind of cynicism and unavoidability inherent in Spiderhead, where in the film, Jeff starts off with a kind of naive optimism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where the story is about abuse and exploitation, the film is about the perseverance of love. Perhaps the latter is the way it is because of Hollywood\u2019s need for a happy ending. Perhaps it\u2019s more honest about the state of the world. Or, perhaps, we are simply too afraid to acknowledge the ugly truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Ending Explained\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/aurora.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Aurora Amidon spends her days running the Great Expectations column and trying to convince people that Hostel II is one of the best movies of all time. Read her mostly embarrassing tweets here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aurora_amidon\">@aurora_amidon<\/a>.        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>    &lt;!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --&gt;\n                                &lt;section class=\"recommended py-5\"&gt;\n            &lt;h3&gt;Recommended Reading&lt;\/h3&gt;\n\n\n        &lt;\/section&gt;\n            &lt;!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --&gt;\n\n\n\n\n&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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