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"How far would you go to fix human nature?"

2022

1h 47m

5.8(1802 votes)

Science Fiction

Thriller

Overview

A prisoner in a state-of-the-art penitentiary begins to question the purpose of the emotion-controlling drugs he's testing for a pharmaceutical genius.

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Netflix

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Production Companies

Grand Electric

The New Yorker Studios

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth

Steve Abnesti

Miles Teller

Miles Teller

Jeff

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

Lizzy

Mark Paguio

Mark Paguio

Mark Verlaine

Tess Haubrich

Tess Haubrich

Heather

BeBe Bettencourt

BeBe Bettencourt

Emma

Nathan Jones

Nathan Jones

Rogan

Angie Milliken

Angie Milliken

Sarah

Ron Smyck

Ron Smyck

Dave

Joey Vieira

Joey Vieira

Miguel

Creative team

Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Written by: Rhett Reese
Paul Wernick
Produced by: Agnes Chu
Paul Wernick

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