The Correction Unit
A group of troubled young offenders faces brutal artificial-intelligence experimentation inside an institute promising correction but delivering psychological terror.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- disturbing
- paranoid
- oppressive
- late night thriller viewing
- science fiction double feature
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The sinister institute uses brutal artificial intelligence technology to experiment on and correct young offenders.
The central subjects are violent and misguided young offenders placed inside an experimental correctional program.
The institute's artificial intelligence is presented as a brutal force acting directly upon the offenders' behavior and agency.
The plot locates the experimentation in a sinister institute where technology and authority combine to create psychological menace.
Films like The Correction Unit, and why
A Clockwork Orange
Shares violent young offenders, coercive behavioral experimentation, institutional brutality, and morally unsettling psychological themes.
Ex Machina
Shares artificial intelligence, sinister scientific experimentation, psychological thriller tension, and questions about human agency.
The Belko Experiment
Shares claustrophobic institutional control, escalating psychological distress, and ethically abusive human experimentation.
Movie Details
- Director
- Derry Shillitto
- Release Date
- 2025-12-05
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 2.7 / 10 (3)
Cast
- Jonny Phillips
- Ziad Abaza
- Elleese Bradshaw
- Sonny Middleton
- Esmee Matthews
- Anique Taylor
- Kirsty Smedley
- Bella Ramsey
- Zak Hopkinson
- Sonny Lake
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Correction Unit about?
- A group of troubled young offenders faces brutal artificial-intelligence experimentation inside an institute promising correction but delivering psychological terror.
- What is The Correction Unit like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Correction Unit as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Correction Unit violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Correction Unit as moderate.
- Which films are like The Correction Unit?
- Films with a similar feel include A Clockwork Orange, Ex Machina, and The Belko Experiment.
- How long is The Correction Unit?
- The Correction Unit runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Correction Unit?
- In United States, The Correction Unit streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
