Infinite (film)2021
The film was digitally released on Paramount+ on June 10, 2021, following delays from its original August 2020 theatrical release thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. It received negative reviews from critics, who criticized Wahlberg's performance and therefore the screenplay, with some comparing it unfavorably to other films like
Premise
Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg) possesses skills he has never learned and memories of places he has never visited which haunt his lifestyle . Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, Evan is sought by a secret group that decision themselves “Infinites,” revealing to him that his memories could also be real--but they're from multiple past lives. The Infinites bring Evan into their extraordinary world, where a gifted few are given the power to be reborn with their memories and knowledge accumulated over centuries. With critical secrets buried in his past, Evan must work with the Infinites to unlock the answers in his memories during a race against the clock to save lots of humanity from one among their own (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who seeks to finish all life to prevent what he views because the cursed, endless cycle of reincarnation.
Cast
Mark Wahlberg as Evan McCauley
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Bathurst 2020
Sophie Cookson as Nora Brightman
Jason Mantzoukas as Artisan
Rupert Friend as Bathurst 1985
Toby Jones as Bryan Porter
Dylan O'Brien as Heinrich Treadway
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Kovic
Liz Carr as Garrick
Kae Alexander as Trace
Tom Hughes as Abel
Joana Ribeiro as Leona
Wallis Day as Agent Shin
Raffiella Chapman as Jinya
Production
In March 2017, Paramount Pictures had bought the rights to a spec script entitled Infinite by Ian Shorr with Mark Vahradian and Lorenzo di Bonaventura set to supply the film. The script was described as Wanted meets The Matrix.[3] By November 2018, Paramount began talks with Antoine Fuqua to direct the film.[4] it had been announced in February 2019 that Chris Evans had entered negotiations to star within the film, with Fuqua officially confirmed as director.[5] that very same month, John Lee Hancock was reported to possess provided rewrites on Shorr's script.[6] In June, Evans dropped out of the project thanks to scheduling issues with Defending Jacob, with Mark Wahlberg entering negotiations to exchange him.[7][8] Wahlberg was confirmed in August, with Sophie Cookson and Dylan O'Brien added to the cast.[9][10] In September, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Rupert Friend and Jason Mantzoukas were cast.[11][12][13] Tom Hughes was cast in October.[14]
Filming began in September 2019. Scenes were shot in central Cardiff,[15] Farnborough Airport[16] and an inside ski facility, The Snow Centre, during every week long shutdown to the general public .[17][18] Filming was also wiped out London, Mexico City , Guanajuato, Nepal, ny City, Scotland, Thailand and therefore the Alps.[19]
Release
Infinite was originally scheduled for a theatrical release on August 7, 2020,[20] but was delayed to May 28, 2021, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21] it had been delayed again to September 24, 2021, when A Quiet Place Part II was moved to the May slot.[22] On May 6, 2021, Paramount cancelled Infinite's theatrical release, and instead digitally released it via Paramount+ on June 10, 2021.[23]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 17% of 47 critics' reviews of the film are positive, with a mean rating of 4/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "An initially intriguing sci-fi thriller that quickly veers into incoherence, Infinite is as inane because it is inconsequential."[24] consistent with Metacritic, which assigned a weighted average score of 28 out of 100 supported 24 critics, the film received "generally unfavorable reviews."[25]
Ty Burr of The Boston Globe gave the film 1.5/4 stars and wrote: "Heading straight to streaming platform Paramount+ without the embarrassment of appearing in theaters first, the movie is both blissfully incoherent and weirdly generic, as if it had been assembled from the spare parts of other movies and glued along side stuntwork."[26] From The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney said: "Infinite may be a soulless grind. Juiced up with a succession of CG-enhanced accelerated chases and fight action interspersed with numbing bursts of high-concept geek speak, Antoine Fuqua's sci-fi thriller isn't helped by a lead performance from Mark Wahlberg at his most inexpressive."[27]
In his review for Variety, Peter Debruge called the film "Matrix-meets-The faction wannabe" and wrote: "The more you begin to nitpick this movie, the more innumerable its plot holes appear, until the entire thing collapses in on itself."[28] Justin Chang of the l. a. Times said: "The script doesn't reincarnate such a lot because it recycles, drawing freely on the nested realities of Inception, the free-your-mind metaphysics of The Matrix and therefore the amnesiac-assassin revelations of the Jason Bourne movies. Maybe watch one among those tonight instead."[29] Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com gave the review 0.5/4 stars, saying that "rather than crafting a high-concept science-fiction marvel, Fuqua's Infinite relies on shoddy VFX and ropey world-building for the worst film of his career."
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Produced by
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Mark Vahradian
Mark Huffam
John Zaozirny
Mark Wahlberg
Stephen Levinson
Screenplay by Ian Shorr
Story by Todd Stein
Based on The Reincarnationist Papers
by D. Eric Maikranz
Starring
Mark Wahlberg
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Sophie Cookson
Jason Mantzoukas
Rupert Friend
Toby Jones
Dylan O'Brien
Music by Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography Mauro Fiore
Edited by Conrad Buff
Production
companies
Paramount Pictures
Di Bonaventura Pictures
Closest to the opening Productions
New Republic Pictures
Fuqua Films
Distributed by Paramount+
Release date
June 10, 2021 (United States)
Running time 106 minutes
Country United States
Language English
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