Netflix subscribers are giving the sci-fi movie Infinite, directed by Antoine Fuqua with Mark Wahlberg, another chance and which just arrived on the platform. It immediately made it into the top ten most watched feature films, and still, it’s considered a pretty bad movie!
Evan McCauley is haunted by flashes that show him places he doesn’t know. One day, a gangster asks him to forge a katana. Without any experience, McCall accepts because he needs the money and discovers that he is an excellent blacksmith. For forging this weapon, McCall is arrested by the authorities and freed by Nora, a member of an organization called the Infinites, the only one who can remember their past lives. Evan then discovers that his memories are the key to preventing the destruction of humanity.
Mark Wahlberg
Therefore, the main character is played by Mark Wahlberg, and the antagonist is played by Chiwetel Ejiofor. Nora is played by Sophie Cookson and we can also see Dylan O’Brien from Teen Wolf and Labyrinth, Rupert Friend (Obi-Wan Kenobi) or Toby Jones (Indiana Jones 5).
Sophie Cookson
Director Antoine Fuqua and screenwriter Ian Shore offer a film that has nothing to do with the work from which it comes. Written by D. Eric Maikranz, Papers of reincarnationists There is a 400+ page book adapted here into a 1h46 feature film, including credits. At this length, it’s hard to do the original material justice.
If Fuqua makes up for it in the action scenes, which are quite effectively staged, you have to admit that Infinite falls short especially with its plot, which starts off solid but ends up weighed down by inconsistencies and sequences borrowed from others. The Old Guard (nice on Netflix with Charlize Theron) or Inception. In the same genre as Infinite, we prefer The Tomorrow War with Chris Pratt, an original movie available on Amazon Prime.
The Razzie Awards, which annually recognize the worst in American cinema, saw fit to nominate Infinite three times, in the categories of Worst Picture, Worst Actor for Mark Wahlberg and Worst Supporting Actress for Sophie Cookson. AlloCiné viewers were not wrong, giving the feature film an average rating of 2.4 out of 5.
Is the movie worth watching a second time? Does it deserve its nomination at the annual worst ceremony? On your keyboards and your notes!
Source: Allocine
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