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** [[spoiler: LoveMakesYouEvil]]: [[spoiler: Steve says in the end that he's discovered his obedience drug will not cause someone to hurt someone or something they truly love - in his case, he's in love with his work, reinforced by his own doses of Luvactin. This is what gives him the strength to attack Jeff despite Jeff having dosed him with "enough B-6 to tame abrainy villain.lion."]]
** [[spoiler: LoveMakesYouEvil]]: [[spoiler: Steve says in the end that he's discovered his obedience drug will not cause someone to hurt someone or something they truly love - in his case, he's in love with his work, reinforced by his own doses of Luvactin. This is what gives him the strength to attack Jeff despite Jeff having dosed him with "enough B-6 to tame a
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** The tests with [[LovePotion Luvactin]] invoke this as it causes several characters to enthusiastic sex with each other; however they show no interest in each other when the drug is out of their system, and later discuss feelings of shame concerning how they acted under the influence. This is brought up with other drugs (i.e. the Phobica test) in the film as well.
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** The tests with [[LovePotion Luvactin]] invoke this as it causes several characters to have enthusiastic sex with each other; however they show no interest in each other when the drug is out of their system, and later discuss feelings of shame concerning how they acted under the influence. This is brought up with other drugs (i.e. the Phobica test) in the film as well.
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* {{Brainwashing}}: [[spoiler: Steve is using his other trials to test a drug that will make people do what they're told without exception, even against their strongest principles.]]
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* IveComeTooFar: Steve's justification for continuing his tests. [[spoiler: Mark disagrees, and later his uncertainty causes him to turn on his boss.]]
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* QuestionableConsent: Brought up at several points within the film with various levels of severity.
** The initial setup is described as consensual in that the prisoners applied and consented to be in the study, and must say the specific word "Acknowledged" before being dosed with any sort of drugs.
** The tests with [[LovePotion Luvactin]] invoke this as it causes several characters to enthusiastic sex with each other; however they show no interest in each other when the drug is out of their system, and later discuss feelings of shame concerning how they acted under the influence. This is brought up with other drugs (i.e. the Phobica test) in the film as well.
** While Steve appears to be friendly with his inmates and describes wanting a relationship of mutual respect. However he also holds power over them as their warden and the person controlling their drug dosages. [[spoiler: Made worse by being the person who is creating the tests as well, as the protocol council he refers to as guiding his actions is made up. Most of the inmates are unaware of this.]]
** Fully averted in the end. [[spoiler: Steve has been testing B-6, a drug meant to force users to obey commands absolutely, the entire time. The inmates were thus being forced to provide consent, making it meaningless.]]
** The initial setup is described as consensual in that the prisoners applied and consented to be in the study, and must say the specific word "Acknowledged" before being dosed with any sort of drugs.
** The tests with [[LovePotion Luvactin]] invoke this as it causes several characters to enthusiastic sex with each other; however they show no interest in each other when the drug is out of their system, and later discuss feelings of shame concerning how they acted under the influence. This is brought up with other drugs (i.e. the Phobica test) in the film as well.
** While Steve appears to be friendly with his inmates and describes wanting a relationship of mutual respect. However he also holds power over them as their warden and the person controlling their drug dosages. [[spoiler: Made worse by being the person who is creating the tests as well, as the protocol council he refers to as guiding his actions is made up. Most of the inmates are unaware of this.]]
** Fully averted in the end. [[spoiler: Steve has been testing B-6, a drug meant to force users to obey commands absolutely, the entire time. The inmates were thus being forced to provide consent, making it meaningless.]]
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* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: [[spoiler: Steve believes that his brainwashing drug will make the world better by making people do what they're supposed to do instead of hurting themselves and others, which justifies the suffering and death of his inmates because of his tests.]]
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* LackOfEmpathy: Steve speaks of his tests on Luvactin as a way to help people who are incapable of feeling love for others. [[spoiler: It's really a means to an end to test his Obediex drug.]]
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* NebulousEvilOrganisation: Steve tells Jeff he's being pushed to perform his tests by a protocol committee and that he doesn't enjoy making people fall in love and then asking them to torture each other. [[spoiler: Revealed to be a lie when Jeff finds his company's letterhead and realizes that Steve owns the company and isn't actually answering to anyone.]]
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* EmotionBomb: The drugs being tested at the facility often heighten or induce various emotions. I-27 (Phobica) causes [[SupernaturalFearInducer heightened fear.]] G-46 (Laffodil) makes users [[LaughingMad laugh uncontrollably.]] N-40 (Luvactin) causes temporary [[LovePotion feelings of love.]] I-16 (Darkenfloxx) appears to induce physical pain as well as despair.
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* VillainExitStageLeft: Subverted. [[spoiler: At the end of the final battle, Steve tries to make a run for it in his plane, but because of being dosed with several of his drugs from his earlier fight with Jeff, ends up crashing on a mountainside.]]
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* LovePotion: One of the drugs that they're testing, N-40 (AKA Luvactin,) seems to be a combination of types 1 and 3 as it makes people fall in love with whatever or whoever they see, up to having sex with each other without regard to anyone observing. The point of testing it is to see if there are any residual effects on the users' emotions once the drug is flushed out of their systems. [[spoiler: There aren't.]]
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* MedicationTampering: Could be considered the premise of the entire movie. Most notably, [[spoiler: Mark does this to Steve by giving Jeff access to his drug injection remote and giving him vials of various drugs, including the brainwashing drug they've been testing all along.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Steve has been fitted with the same device as his prisoners to use some them himself. Jeff convinces Mark to add the B-6 Obediex to the device so that Jeff can later dose him with it.]]
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The announcer in the beginning of the movie tells the patrons no physical abuse, emotional abuse, nor verbal abuse, and to label everything in their refrigerators.
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* Foreshadowing: At one point, Mark warns Jeff that jostling the device could cause it to flood their body with an uncontrolled dosage of all its contents. [[spoiler: This is what happens to Heather while on Darkenfloxx, and later to Steve himself.]]
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''Spiderhead'' is a 2022 Creator/{{Netflix}} science fiction film starring Creator/ChrisHemsworth and Creator/MilesTeller and directed by Joseph Kosinski (''Film/TronLegacy'', ''Film/TopGunMaverick''). It is based on the short story ''Escape from Spiderhead''.
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''Spiderhead'' is a 2022 Creator/{{Netflix}} science fiction film starring Creator/ChrisHemsworth Creator/ChrisHemsworth, Creator/MilesTeller, and Creator/MilesTeller Creator/JurneeSmollett and directed by Joseph Kosinski (''Film/TronLegacy'', ''Film/TopGunMaverick''). It is based on the short story ''Escape from Spiderhead''.
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* BigBad: Steve Abnesti.
* TheDragon: Mark.
* MadScientist: Steve.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Subverted. [[spoiler: At the end of the final battle, Steve tries to make a run for it in his plane, but under the influence of B-6, ends up crashing on a mountainside.]]
* WardensAreEvil: Steve is not only the lead scientist at Spiderhead, he also runs the place.
* BigBad: Steve Abnesti.
* TheDragon: Mark.
* MadScientist: Steve.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Subverted. [[spoiler: At the end of the final battle, Steve tries to make a run for it in his plane, but under the influence of B-6, ends up crashing on a mountainside.]]
* WardensAreEvil: Steve is not only the lead scientist at Spiderhead, he also runs the place.
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''Spiderhead'' is a 2022 Creator/{{Netflix}} science fiction film starring Creator/ChrisHemsworth and Creator/MilesTeller and directed by Joseph Kosinski (''Film/TronLegacy'', ''Film/TopGunMaverick''). It is based on the short story ''Escape from Spiderhead''.
The movie follows two convicts living in the near future who try to volunteer as medical subjects experiments in exchange for a reduced sentence. One of them is given a drug which gives him the ability to love, and he begins questioning the reality of his emotions as he sets out to find the truth.
It is set for release on June 17, 2022.
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''Spiderhead'' is a 2022 Creator/{{Netflix}} science fiction film starring Creator/ChrisHemsworth and Creator/MilesTeller and directed by Joseph Kosinski (''Film/TronLegacy'', ''Film/TopGunMaverick''). It is based on the short story ''Escape from Spiderhead''.
The movie follows two convicts living in the near future who try to volunteer as medical subjects experiments in exchange for a reduced sentence. One of them is given a drug which gives him the ability to love, and he begins questioning the reality of his emotions as he sets out to find the truth.
It is set for release on June 17, 2022.
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