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With so many past lives to choose from, the filmmakers of Infinite still repeated the same mistakes when there should have been limitless possibilities. Instead, it’s an endless exercise in suspense-free filmmaking.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 9, 2022

Infinite is at times comedically convoluted, but thanks to brilliant world-building and stellar action setpieces, it’s riotously entertaining regardless.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 1, 2022

Perhaps the movie’s biggest shortcoming is that it spends a lot of time talking about relationships from the past rather than building any meaningful new ones on screen.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 17, 2022

"Infinite" has all the elements you'd find in almost any action film. It just slightly misses the mark by not going all in and fully immersing the viewer in its reincarnation concept.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 21, 2022

One of those grueling efforts that renders the science fiction genre about as much fun as a root canal sans anesthetics.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 21, 2022

The writing is so haphazard and choppy, and it leapfrogs over what needs to be explained... you don't have any emotional investment.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | May 21, 2022

Brainless. The only skills the reincarnated team of assassins retain are fighting skills, leaving any provocative questions about transmigration unaddressed and any interesting ideas unexplored.

Full Review | Sep 17, 2021

What follows is a ploddingly predictable slog through a confusing combination of sci-fi cliches and vaguely mystical mambo-jumbo that basically strings out a series of mindless pyrotechnic set-pieces.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 2, 2021

If you ever wondered what The Matrix would have been like if the lead was played by a fifty year old who was also kind of like Jason Bourne, here's your chance.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 15, 2021

If it's empty-vessel escapism you're after, this wonkily watchable affair will deliver what little you need.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 13, 2021

The visuals are spectacular, but things get increasingly derivative as they progress, and Jason Mantzoukas' ill-conceived comic-relief character falls clangingly flat.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 11, 2021

If you understand any of it, please enlighten me, because I am in the dark.

Full Review | Aug 10, 2021

The bad guys in Mark Wahlberg's reincarnation-themed action movie want to destroy the world so they never have to relive it all again. Having seen the film, I know the feeling

Full Review | Jul 14, 2021

Given the bona fides of everyone involved, it seemed reasonable to expect an entertaining adventure -- and at worst, dumb fun -- but the final product underwhelms at even the low end of expectations.

Full Review | Jul 13, 2021

...it unfurls more like an M. Night Shyamalan sci-fi misfire...

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 1, 2021

This action film about reincarnation tries to relive the plot beats of countless better films. The end result is a derivative, messy and forgettable film.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Jun 25, 2021

Infinite boasts a high-concept story and extremely inventive action sequences, though Mark Wahlberg's performance leaves much to be desired.

Full Review | Original Score: 7 | Jun 23, 2021

Playing around with the concept of reincarnation is certainly promising, but Infinite makes the plot absurd for no reason. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Jun 22, 2021

I'll give points for finely crafted action sequences and a handful of bold casting choices, but beyond that, Infinite is decidedly, whole-heartedly average.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 22, 2021

It's exactly the kind of big, silly, occasionally exciting spectacle that have come to define summer movie season, for better or worse. There's even an opening for a sequel.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 18, 2021

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Trivia The movie is based on the book "The Reincarnationist Papers" by D. Eric Maikranz . He found it difficult to catch the attention of a literary agent that would sell the book to Hollywood. On the first page of the book, he offered a commission to anyone who could get his book into Hollywood. Eighteen months later, he got an email from a Hollywood assistant director who found his book in a hostel in Nepal. In 2017, Paramount Pictures bought the rights.
Goofs During the interrogation, Bathurst comments that the room is completely sound proof and that the officers in the other room wouldn't hear the bullet, however both him and Evan hear the car racing and approaching from the outside. If the room was truly soundproof they would not have heard it and been crushed by it.

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‘Infinite’ Review: Stuck in a Loop

Antoine Fuqua’s formulaic reincarnation thriller is weighed down by déjà vu.

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By Devika Girish

There’s an early scene in “Infinite,” Antoine Fuqua’s sci-fi thriller on Paramount+ , that feels like an outtake from a social-issue drama. Mark Wahlberg’s Evan McCauley attends a job interview at a restaurant, where the slimy proprietor grills him about his past struggles with mental health before dismissing him rudely. “Who’s going to hire a diagnosed schizophrenic with a history of violence?” a dejected Evan wonders in voice-over as he walks back home. I was disarmed by the human-size pathos of this scene: Evan’s got bills to pay and pills to buy, same as us all.

But “Infinite” is a movie about superheroes, which means that the stakes have to become, at minimum, planet-size. As it turns out, Evan isn’t delusional: He’s special . He’s one of a select group of souls, called “the Infinite,” who are born (and reborn) with the ability to remember all their skills and experiences from past lives. Among this lot are bad guys who want to blow up the world and good guys who want to save it. (That both factions employ similar methods — crashing souped-up cars through city streets with nary a care for collateral damage — goes unaddressed, though I wouldn’t be surprised if a sequel devoted itself to hand-wringing about the greater good.)

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays the snarling alpha villain, Bathurst, who’s so sick of rinsing and repeating his existence that he’s invented a device — elegantly named “the Egg” — to raze all of life. Evan stopped him in a previous go-round and must do so again, but first he needs to unclog centuries of memories and superpowers. And so Nora (Sophie Cookson), one of the good gals, whisks Evan away to a mystical Wakanda-like destination, home to a Xavier Institute–like research center, where he undergoes a Batman–like training routine to save humanity from a Thanos-like villain’s Infinity Stone–like totem.

There’s a joke to be made here about the oppressive déjà vu of a movie about endless reincarnations, but I’d feel like a broken record for making it. To demand originality from these algorithmic franchise-starters is to miss the point. But the problem with Antoine Fuqua’s spin on the formula is that it’s mostly formula and hardly any spin. It’s as if Fuqua and his writers (Ian Shorr and Todd Stein) found the source code to the genre and 3-D printed it without any of the primal thrills that make such blockbusters watchable: intricate, ever-expanding world-building; giant objects whizzing into each other with satisfying booms; charismatic characters defying death with panache.

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Mark wahlberg in antoine fuqua’s ‘infinite’: film review.

A confused man discovers his schizophrenic visions are actually memories from past lives just in time to save humanity in this high-octane sci-fi thriller debuting on Paramount+.

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Mark Wahlberg and Sophie Cookson in 'Infinite'

It’s an intriguing idea in theory to hitch the reincarnation beliefs of Eastern religions to a futuristic scenario of gifted souls with perfect recall of their past lives, split into good and evil factions at war over humanity’s survival. But Infinite is 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. His character is basically a charisma void with a permanently furrowed brow suggesting brain strain. It’s no surprise Paramount shunted this thrice-delayed theatrical release to its streaming platform.

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Production companies: Di Bonaventura Pictures, Closest to the Hole, Leverage Entertainment Distribution: Paramount+ Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson, Jason Mantzoukas, Rupert Friend, Toby Jones, Dylan O’Brien, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Liz Carr, Kae Alexander, Wallis Day, Tom Hughes, Joana Ribeiro Director: Antoine Fuqua Screenwriter: Ian Shorr; screen story by Todd Stein, based on the book The Reincarnationist Papers , by D. Eric Maikranz Producers: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, Mark Huffam, John Zaozirny, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson Executive producers: Antoine Fuqua, Rafi Crohn, Brian Oliver, Bradley J. Fischer, Valerii An Director of photography: Mauro Fiore Production designer: Chris Seagers Costume designer: Jill Taylor Music: Harry Gregson-Williams Editor: Conrad Buff Visual effects supervisor: Pete Bebb Casting: Priscilla John, Orla Maxwell

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One good thing that can be said about Mark Wahlberg -starring, straight-to-streaming reincarnation derby “ Infinite ,” in which a special group of humans are fortunate/cursed enough to recall their past lives: It’s the first film from Antoine Fuqua since “Bait” to clock in under two hours. That’s no small relief — especially given the never-ending threat of its title — in a summer where supersize offerings such as “Cruella,” “F9” and “In the Heights” are long enough to warrant intermissions.

Derivative as they come, this “The Matrix”-meets-“The Old Guard” wannabe mind-blower offers such a familiar premise — basically, that one man’s neurodiversity may actually be a window into the species’ untapped potential — as to be almost banal. That doesn’t stop excess expert Fuqua from packing a fair amount of big-screen spectacle into its relatively tight running time, though probably not enough to win many converts to fledgling streamer Paramount Plus (where the film has landed after multiple setbacks to its theatrical release).

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“Infinite” kicks off with a Mexico City-set action scene — one where we’re obliged to strap in before properly meeting the characters — and blazes its way (a generation later) toward a final showdown between two rival groups of hasta-la-vista souls (or “Infinites”), who’ve been waging war across the centuries (which seems a pretty sorry use of such an awesome power). In life after life, the Believers battle the Nihilists, who’ve developed something called “the Egg.” Bad guy Bathurst ( Chiwetel Ejiofor ) is tired of being reborn, inventing a device that “attacks life at the source: DNA.” It’s a lot like the gauntlet from the “Avengers” movies, only twice as effective: Instead of turning half of all sentient beings to dust, the Egg does the whole job, leaving those looking for a way out with “nothing to reincarnate into.”

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We’ll come back to how dumb this idea is, but since every movie needs stakes, I suppose we can accept the movie’s over-the-top premise that Wahlberg and his fellow Believers are the last line of defense from a Nihilist-led annihilation. Sure, these lucky souls could be writing symphonies or curing cancer, but it’s more exciting to watch Wahlberg ride a motorcycle off a cliff and land on the wing of a low-flying cargo plane — a plausibility-bending stunt not even the “Fast & Furious” franchise would dare. In any case, the stakes can’t help feeling wonky when all the main characters can count on being reborn every time they’re killed.

“Infinite” has been very loosely adapted from D. Eric Maikranz’s self-published novel “The Reincarnationist Papers,” about a secret society of people who can recall their past lives. (The writer famously incentivized his readers to help get Hollywood’s attention, offering 10% of any advance or option as reward.) Screenwriter Ian Shorr — and before that, Todd Stein, who still gets story credit — focuses on tortured soul Evan Michaels (Wahlberg), a diagnosed schizophrenic whose feelings of déjà vu are more well-founded than he realizes. Evan self-medicates to keep the visions in check, but has anger issues and strange habits, like forging artisanal katanas for local drug dealers.

The police are baffled, but not so Bathurst, who suspects that Evan may be his old adversary Heinrich Treadway in a new body. The first scene between these two is the movie’s strongest, playing off the discrepancy between what Bathurst knows and all that Evan has yet to discover about himself. After a tense tête-à-tête between the two characters, “Infinite” unleashes an explosive rescue sequence (spearheaded by could’ve-been-anyone co-star Sophie Cookson) that owes much to Christopher Nolan. Since “The Dark Knight,” walls no longer pose an obstacle to heavy-duty chase scenes, and this escape reduces a NYPD station to rubble.

Fuqua proves an effective orchestrator of creative set-pieces, pushing the limits of the PG-13 rating at times (no more than Nolan, mind you). If things tend to feel rushed, that’s a pretty clear sign that the movie must have been longer, but was compressed to just the most entertaining material for release. As such, we get people like Toby Jones’ Porter who show up for a couple scenes without much explanation as to their purpose, but haven’t been cut entirely because the writers had an original idea about how to dispatch them. (In Porter’s case, he’s forced to swallow a jar full of honey, which is much more disturbing than it sounds.)

Porter also finds himself on the receiving end of Bathurst’s other weapon, the “Dethroner,” a gun capable of wiping an Infinite’s brain for good. Now, this is where the movies stops making sense: If Bathurst’s goal is to spare himself the agony of remembering all his past lives, why go to such extreme lengths to exterminate all living creatures? Surely it would be easier to swallow one of these special bullets. Not that there appears to be much cumulative advantage to being an Infinite in the first place, especially if Evan has such trouble accessing his memory (although taking his shirt off seems to help). The more you nitpick this movie, the more innumerable its plot holes appear, until the whole thing collapses in on itself.

Reviewed online, Los Angeles, June 9, 2021. MPAA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 106 MIN.

Production: A Paramount Plus release of a Paramount Pictures presentation, in association with New Republic Pictures, of a di Bonaventura Pictures, Closest to the Hole, Leverage Entertainment production. Producers: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, Mark Huffam, John Zaozirny, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson. Executive producers: Antoine Fuqua, Rafi Crohn, Brian Oliver, Bradley J. Fischer, Valerii An. Co-producers: Kat Samick, Max Keene, Janine Modder.
Crew: Director: Antoine Fuqua. Screenplay: Ian Shorr; story: Todd Stein, based on the book “The Reincarnation Papers” by D. Eric Maikranz. Camera: Mauro Fiore. Editor: Conrad Buff. Music: Harry Gregson-Williams. Music supervisor: Jabari Ali.
With: Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson, Jason Mantzoukas, Rupert Friend, Toby Jones, Dylan O'Brien, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Liz Carr, Kae Alexander.

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Review: There are infinitely better things to watch than ‘Infinite’

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The silly, junky science-fiction thriller “Infinite” posits a universe where reincarnation is real and a few human souls have the ability to retain memories from their past lives. I wish I could leave it at that, but at the risk of too precisely replicating the leaden rhythms of the movie’s ceaseless voiceover, I must continue. These memory-retaining “infinites,” as they’re called, fall into two groups. First there are the nihilists, who think the whole damn system is rotten and want to destroy life as we know it. And then there are the believers, guardians of eternity who consider their knowledge a precious gift to be used for the betterment of humanity.

My own act of humanitarian service this week will be to advise you against watching “Infinite,” a directive that would appear to have the tacit endorsement of the movie’s own distributor. Once scheduled for theatrical release last August before COVID-19 delays set in, the movie arrives this week on the streaming service Paramount+, where it will patiently await its future reincarnation as an in-flight movie or a blip in a Mark Wahlberg career-highlights reel. Wahlberg plays Evan McCauley, a troubled dude with a violent past and a schizophrenia diagnosis. But those strange voices and hallucinatory visions aren’t signs of mental illness; they’re vestiges of the many bodies through which his soul has passed over the centuries, which explains his ability to speak Russian and forge ancient Japanese swords.

“Explains” is the operative word in Ian Shorr’s busy info dump of a script, adapted from D. Eric Maikranz’s novel “The Reincarnationist Papers.” Sharing most of the expository duties here are a lip-smacking villain, Bathurst (a wildly over-committed Chiwetel Ejiofor), who tries to jog Evan’s befogged memory, and a well-meaning young believer, Nora (Sophie Cookson), who tries to do the same. After all, Evan may or may not be the latest vessel for a mysterious, messianic figure known as Treadway (played in an earlier incarnation by Dylan O’Brien), whose actions could determine (yawn) the fate of humanity.

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The director, Antoine Fuqua , makes slam-bang action movies that occasionally rise above the workmanlike, usually when Denzel Washington is involved (“Training Day,” “The Equalizer”). He and Wahlberg made a proficient enough team years ago in the muscular conspiracy thriller “Shooter”; their reunion was not worth the wait. Much frenzied violence ensues, some of it dispensed in cross-cutting training montages designed to reawaken Evan/Treadway/Whoever’s latent gifts, and some of it in explosive set-pieces that feature remarkable new innovations in vehicular penetration. (If the sight of O’Brien smashing two dashboards with one brick doesn’t thrill you, the sight of Wahlberg using his sword to stab a jet plane in mid-air might do the trick.)

Little else about “Infinite” registers as particularly novel — or, despite some attention-grabbing turns from Toby Jones, Jason Mantzoukas , Liz Carr and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, interesting. Wahlberg, who usually has a way with a cynical wisecrack, seems to sprain muscles trying to sell his character’s attempts at light-witted banter. The script doesn’t reincarnate so much as it recycles, drawing freely on the nested realities of “Inception,” the free-your-mind metaphysics of “The Matrix” and the amnesiac-assassin revelations of the Jason Bourne movies. Maybe watch one of those tonight instead. “Infinite” may last a finite 106 minutes, but transmigration of souls or no transmigration of souls, life is too short.

Rated: PG-13, for sequences of strong violence, some bloody images, strong language and brief drug use Running time: 1 hour, 46 minutes Playing: Available June 10 on Paramount+

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Mark Wahlberg’s Reincarnation Movie Infinite Needs a Few More Lifetimes of Work

If reincarnation were real, and you were able to somehow hold on to your memories across lifetimes, you would experience an off-kilter version of immortality. Your body wouldn’t live forever, but your awareness would, accruing millennia of experiences while having to start over anew each time, seeing existence from a different perspective. Because it wouldn’t be easy to hold on to wealth, much less status, knowledge would be the main advantage. There would be endless opportunities to learn languages, crafts, and sports; to study science, philosophy, and art; to delve into hedonism and asceticism and consider the nature of humanity.

Or, you know, you could use those lifetimes to learn how to deflect bullets with a samurai sword, which is what Mark Wahlberg’s character seems to have done in the new movie Infinite . The really damning thing about this ability is that it doesn’t actually look cool.

Infinite begins by explaining its premise via voice-over in blunt, back-of-the-book terms: There are people who can remember everything from their past lives, who call themselves Infinites; some of them, the Believers, work toward the betterment of mankind, while others, the Nihilists, look to end existence as we know it. When a movie starts this way, it’s usually because test audiences or executives deemed its setup too confusing. Here, maybe a half-hour in, a character seems to confirm that by delivering, almost word for word, the same description of what’s going on. But what makes Infinite confounding isn’t the recalling of past lives but what it opts to do with that idea, which is to use it for an off-brand riff on superpowers. Wahlberg’s character, Evan Michaels, isn’t simply a guy who was born good at everything but just hasn’t figured it out yet; he’s the reincarnation of Heinrich Treadway (Dylan O’Brien), the Infinite who figured out how to unlock parts of his potential that allowed him to do things “that others might call paranormal, superhuman.”

Mostly, though, Infinite feels like a depressing fable about the movie industry. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the film is based on the novel The Reincarnationist Papers . Author D. Eric Maikranz self-published the book in 2009 with an eye on getting it adapted, which readers might have gleaned from the note on its first page promising a 10 percent cut to whoever could help him get a deal. Not the most dignified gambit, but it worked — at least to the point where the material could provide a nominal peg for Fuqua to assemble a string of shoot-outs and physics-free fight sequences so interchangeable they could be made modular and popped into or out of any big-budget action movie. As Evan, Wahlberg is meant to be playing a man plagued by memories that he has always assumed were hallucinations, having been diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 14 after an incident of self-harm. But the movie and its star are so impatient with any character development that Wahlberg just feels as if he’s playing himself, tapping his watch in impatience while he waits for the moment he gets to fight drug deals with a katana forged using past-life know-how.

There’s cynicism all around, from Maikranz’s mercenary approach to the source material to the way the movie was sloughed off onto Paramount+ to the fact that Wahlberg, who once tried to get his teenage assault on two Vietnamese American men expunged from his record, is effectively playing an Asian man reborn in a white guy’s body. Infinite barely tries to make sense of its own timeline: A flashback to Heinrich driving desperately through Mexico City, having made off with the movie’s MacGuffin, looks like it takes place in the present day instead of closer to 1970, as Wahlberg’s age would demand. As the villain, Bathurst, Chiwetel Ejiofor waterboards himself with gasoline and shouts all of his lines with the zest of an actor who realizes that nothing he’s doing matters. Jason Mantzoukas shows up briefly and gloriously as a character known as the Artisan, who has devoted his Infiniteness to excess, which is indicated by his wearing eye makeup. Sophie Cookson plays Tammy, who is around largely to tangle with Bathurst’s henchwoman, a fellow blonde played by Wallis Day, in the climactic scene.

And that’s the thing about Infinite — it doesn’t just waste the potential of its premise; it’s actively square in its thinking about everything, up to and including matching up its two main women to fight. Bathurst wants to end the reincarnation cycle by exterminating not only humanity but all life on earth, yet if it’s possible to be reborn as something other than human, none of the characters mentions it. In the world of Infinite , characters don’t even appear to be reborn as anything other than the gender they’re assigned at birth. Evan has just been a series of dashing tough guys over the eons, and Tammy and her Infinite lover are a perpetually hetero couple who keep reuniting at Angkor Wat. The film makes an aesthetic gesture or two toward Buddhism, but its view of the reincarnation cycle is generally agnostic, with no sense that the way characters behave in their current lives has anything to do with the situation they’re born into next. The most interesting idea in the movie is that Bathurst has created a gun that downloads an Infinite’s consciousness onto a drive, leaving that person in a digital holding pattern, unable to be reborn. But even that’s only seen in passing, a means of upping the stakes, instead of a horror to be explored.

Evan’s journey is mostly one of self-actualization in which he does upside-down crunches and fight training and then undergoes an experimental procedure that resembles nothing so much as an elaborate dermatological treatment. Funny how much reconnecting with your past lives looks like a day in the life of a movie star, as though those are the limits of the imaginations of the major parties involved. All the yearning in the world for more original fare from Hollywood won’t matter if the original fare is made to look and feel like everything we’re already being bombarded with.

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June 11, 2021
Mark Wahlberg as Evan McCauley; Chiwetel Ejiofor as Ted Murray; Sophie Cookson as Tammy McCauley; Jason Mantzoukas as Peabody; Rupert Friend as Bathurst; Liz Carr as Garrick; Toby Jones as Kent; Dylan O'Brien as Heinrich Treadway; Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Kovic; Tom Hughes as Abel; Wallis Day as Shin; Kae Alexander as Trace

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Evan McCauley makes swords.

It’s an unusual hobby, admittedly, especially in New York City. Most bored, unemployed New Yorkers would be more likely to pick up jogging, maybe, or the guitar.

Not Evan, though. He’s always been a bit different. Ask him about his interest in smithery, and even he doesn’t know where it came from. Why, his most notable experience with blades came at 14 when he carved the words “inside me” on his chest with a box cutter.

After that bloody interlude, doctors labeled Evan a schitzophrenic, and the kid bounced around hospitals and foster homes like a turbo-powered Rhoomba smacking against walls. Stability wasn’t any easier to come by as an adult. He found pretty good work as a restaurant manager for a while—at least until he broke a customer’s arm and discovered that acts of violence never look great on a resume.

Thus, paradoxically, the swords. Crazy, really, that Evan’s so good at blacksmithing. It’s not a skill they typically teach in psych wards. But as soon as he picked up a chunk of metal and a big hammer, he felt at home. And honestly, the hobby helps pay for Evan’s psych meds, too.

‘Course, New Yorkers shopping for handmade Samurai swords aren’t always the most stable of customers either. His latest—a drug dealer, of course, with just the sort of anti-psychotic that Evan needs—wanted to use the blade to cut off his girlfriend’s arm. Oh, and he shortchanged Evan on his meds, too, and you can’t have that .

In the altercation that followed, the girl kept her arm and Evan kept the sword and the meds—but he also snagged an overnight stay in jail. He wakes up there and is promptly visited by a bearded man he doesn’t know but who insists the two of them are very old friends.

Strange? Indeed, but it’s British Baking Show -normal compared to what’s to come.

Soon the stranger’s pointing a gun at him, demanding that Evan recall his past lives. Then a well-armored sports car crashes through the wall, and the beautiful driver demands that Evan get in. A destroyed police station, a few explosions and dozens of major traffic violations later, Evan and the mysterious woman are boarding a private plane.

He’s not crazy, she says: Just reincarnated. And while most people don’t remember their past lives, a few—called the Infinite—do. He’s one of them, and an important one at that. See, somewhere inside his jumbled mind sits a very important secret. And that secret—a secret the gun-brandishing bearded man very much wants to know—could trigger the end of the world.

To Evan, it sounds like pure, delusional fantasy. But then again, he’s an unemployed restaurant manager who hammers out Samurai swords in his ample spare time, so maybe he should keep an open mind.

Positive Elements

Spoiler warning: The woman in the heavily armored, police-department-destroying Aston Martin is trying to save the world, along with a few of her Infinite friends. And saving the world, in my book, is always a good thing.

Moreover, she and her ilk have been trying to do the world favors for literally hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. “We believe that our gift is a responsibility,” she tells Evan. “It’s up to us to leave humanity better than when we found it.” This is exactly what my mother told me when she took us out to pick up litter.

You could fairly say that she (the woman in the movie, not my mother), Evan and others risk their lives in pursuit of this noble goal. Sure, cynics might argue that their lives are literally expendable, given that they get an endless supply of them. But the bad guys—nihilists who want to end the cycle of reincarnation by destroying the planet—have a way of keeping those constantly rebirthing souls out of circulation. Plus, death tends to hurt. So it’s not like these immortals don’t have skin in the game.

Spiritual Elements

Obviously, reincarnation is a thing here. The world of Infinite contains no promise of heaven or hell, as far as we know, which pushes it well outside the bounds of a traditionally Christian worldview. But it’s not really pushing another organized faith, either. Reincarnation—at least in how it manifests in the Infinite—seems more of a naturalistic process.

Evan himself notes the differences between this version of reincarnation and those of the religions that believe in it. Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs all believe, he says that “each life begins with a clean slate.” The fact that he and his compadres are supposed to remember everything about their past lives goes against those traditional belief systems. Moreover, the cycle seems devoid of karma: There’s no risk of bad people being reincarnated as moths or good people finally reaching a state of Nirvana. The reason that the nihilists are so keen on destroying the world is that there’s no hope of getting off the wheel.

That said, Infinite is loaded with plenty of nods to Eastern religions. The headquarters of the good Infinite (who, incidentally, call themselves the Believers) looks a bit like a Buddhist Rivendell, surrounded by huge Buddha statues and waterfalls. The ancient temple of Angkor Wat—which has been affiliated with both Hinduism and Buddhism—is tagged a place of frequent meeting for a pair of Infinite do-gooders. A woman appears to meditate.

Meanwhile, the film’s main evildoer, Bathurst, hangs out in what appears to be an old church, where his acolytes waterboard him as he seems to chant Latin. When he argues with a fellow Infinite who says a little faith would help Bathurst not be quite so nihilistic, Bathurst says, “I’m tired of faith. God must show me His face.” Later, he wonders whether “He’ll let us do this.” Bathurst could be referring to Evan, of course, but context (and a tiny flick of a finger upward) suggests that he might be referring to a more divine figure.

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A couple holds hands in their last moments of life, and in flashback we see them kiss as well. Because they are both perpetually reincarnated, though, they know they’ll meet again. Indeed, one of them tells Evan that she and her beau have been together for hundreds of years, and at the end of each life they always plan to meet at the same designated spot—Angkor Wat—to renew their acquaintence. We see them both as teens, in fact, holding hands at the ancient temple.

An Infinite known as the Artisan is described as the ultimate hedonist: “Infinite lives, infinite opportunity for debauchery,” someone says of him. We see a bit of that on display in a casino the Artisan apparently owns, with some of the female guests dressed in cleavage-and-midriff-baring outfits. He may wear a bit of makeup, and when someone calls him a “him,” he shoots back, “I resent the gender labeling.”

A woman, apparently topless, is shown from the back. (She soon puts on a robe.) A character wears what looks to be a hefty bra as her main top. Evan goes shirtless once or twice. We hear that Evan broke a restaurant customer’s arm after the customer grabbed the behind of a waitress.

Violent Content

People treat their bodies rather carelessly when they know that, when their current model expires, they’ll get a shiny new one. One man solders a huge gash along his side with a cigarette lighter. Another subjects himself to a weird drowning machine. (Don’t ask.) Several die in explosions.

Bathurst has invented a special Infinite-disposing gun that he calls the Dethroner. It fires bullets that, if they strike an Infinite in the head, automatically download the unfortunate victim’s consciousness onto something akin to a flash drive, which he stores in his castle. We see several people “dethroned” in this way, though it doesn’t seem to be a particularly bloody procedure.

Bathurst’s world-killing device is called the “egg,” and we see it used (in some sort of vision or virtual reality-like scenario). First, birds drop from the sky, dead. Then people crumble into dust (in what looks like a slower, more painful version of what we saw in Avengers: Endgame). The device destroys all life, thus restricting any vessels that souls could be reborn into, so the vision feels pretty dire.

A man has both of his hands punctured by arrows, pinning him in place. Someone is waterboarded with honey. A character is stabbed in the gut. A man falls off a roof and onto a car a few stories below. Someone loses fingers via a Samurai sword, and a couple of other folks are threatened by the same weapon. When two or more swords are present in a scene, people invariably fight with them. People fight with other weapons, too, sometimes nearly severing heads with swords or axes. A number of people are shot—sometimes several times. Helmeted security troops are dispatched via all manner of weapons, including knives to the throat. (These kills are largely bloodless.) In past lives, some Infinites were mountain climbers, and we see one hang off a cliff face while another attempts a rescue. Someone plays Russian roulette—pointing the gun at someone else. Bathurst is described as an “apex predator.” Martial training sessions get pretty rough. We see a cadaver with part of the skull cut off and the brain exposed. Drones shoot at things. We hear about an attempted suicide.

People drive terribly here—or, more fairly, they drive well but with a great deal of lethal force and property damage. For instance, a spinning tire spins a brick off the pavement, which careens through one car before smacking into another (leading to wrecks in both cases). Motorcyclists smash into open car doors, sending the cyclists flying. People leap out of the way of cars driving through walls and down hallways.

[ Spoiler Warning ] An Infinite cuts into his own abdomen and stuffs something inside before dying. Later, a person recovers the corpse, opens the abdomen and fishes around with his hand to retrieve that something.

Crude or Profane Language

One f-word and about 17 s-words. We also hear “a–,” “b–ch,” “b–tard,” “d–n,” “d–k” and the British profanity “bloody.” God’s name is misused about a half-dozen times (half of those with the word “d–n”), and Jesus’ name is abused twice.

Drug and Alcohol Content

As Evan regains consciousness in a recovery center (or somesuch) after receiving some serious injuries, he sees the Artisan keeping watch and playing guitar. “I’m doing your morphine!” The artisan gleefully tells Evan. Someone suggests earlier that he’s high. We see people with drinks in their hands, and someone expresses his longing for one.

Evan’s quest to get his anti-psychotic drugs is a focal point for him early on—and while he seeks to get them illegally, they were apparently once prescribed by a real doctor. And he uses them for legitimate, mental health reasons. (The drug dealer he goes through clearly sells other, less helpful and legal substances.)

Other noteworthy Elements

When first confronted with the idea that he could be a reincarnated soul, Evan brushes it off. He calls the concept a “comforting idea,” but it amounts to “the spiritual equivalent of better luck next time.”

We could say the same thing about this movie: Better luck next time.

Infinite is a high-concept sci-fi thriller that falls flat beneath the weight of its own conceit. It wants to say something about faith and purpose, but it’s not quite sure what. It wants to entertain, but its frenetic set pieces aren’t enough to divert us from the movie’s leaps in logic. The movie seeks to be a diversion for a large audience, but the violence, language and its chosen story centerpiece—reincarnation—certainly limit the movie’s reach.

While many films released during the still-lingering age of COVID deserved a bigger audience, Infinite feels like it’s found a fitting niche: To be seen by a few, unseen by most and quickly forgotten by all.

Paul Asay has been part of the Plugged In staff since 2007, watching and reviewing roughly 15 quintillion movies and television shows. He’s written for a number of other publications, too, including Time, The Washington Post and Christianity Today. The author of several books, Paul loves to find spirituality in unexpected places, including popular entertainment, and he loves all things superhero. His vices include James Bond films, Mountain Dew and terrible B-grade movies. He’s married, has two children and a neurotic dog, runs marathons on occasion and hopes to someday own his own tuxedo. Feel free to follow him on Twitter @AsayPaul.

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‘Infinite’ Misses the Mark (Walhberg) — No Jest

By K. Austin Collins

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Whatever broad horizons are implied in the title of Infinite — the new Mark Wahlberg movie, adapted from D. Eric Maikranz’s novel The Reincarnationist Papers (2009) — the actual movie is a severely limited, undercooked affair. Its the story harkens to a familiar strain of superhuman origin tale: a man learns, out of the blue, that the odd dreams that have plagued him since he was a child — visions so overwhelming he’d be diagnosed with schizophrenia at a young age — are indicators, not of illness, but of a powerful inner strength. And yadda yadda: there are others of his ilk, some good (the Believers), others not (the Nihilists), with the latter propelled into villainy by a stern belief that being unable to die, and instead hopping from one mortal coil to the next in perpetuity, is bad, actually.

If not for the fact that the Nihilists’ solution to this problem involves exterminating all those mortal coils — just, ending it all, for everyone, forever — they’d have a solid point. Just look at Evan McCauley (Wahlberg), doomed to a life of precarity: picked and prodded at for years and accordingly drug-dependent, haunted by dreams ( if that’s what they really are ), unemployable despite being annoyingly smart, and so on. It’s no spoiler to say that, one day, that all changes. McCauley meets the right people at the right time, who set him on the right path, and suddenly, he’s the most important guy in the universe.

A fair enough setup, more than enough for director Antoine Fuqua to have a little fun. But Infinite — from the goofy miscalculations of its script, to its lightning-leaps over every question or nook of the story that risks make the world of this movie interesting — flattens a high-stakes battle of good and evil into airless action of little consequence peopled by characters that amount to even less, with so much info-dumping crowding the script that the dialogue starts to sound like the desperate gurglings of a clogged toilet after awhile. Even the intervention of Chiwotel Ejiofor, as villain Ted Murray, doesn’t quite help. Ejiofor — so often the nobly stoic hero, often made to appear more boring than he is, by a long shot — clearly wants to have fun, do the villain thing, exterminate the planet, and so on. Yet this talented actor shows up fit to chew scenes made of rubber; he can’t get a bite in; it’s all histrionic gnawing, snarls, confusion.

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There are some questions of interest at the heart of Infinite . The idea, for example, that the Infinites are beings for whom bodies are mere hosts, disposable and forgettable, hardly a throughway into “who” they are, because who they are is a sum of everyone they’ve ever been — every skill they’ve learned, every beef they’ve earned. The eternal fight lingering beyond the margins of what the movie depicts is more interesting than the movie itself — and all the more so for the how , for the reason these Infinites even exist, wisely remaining a question mark. That part turns out not to be so crucial. What’s crucial is the fight to beat the Nihilists’ ass. A better movie would have played a finer hand at the requisite ass-beating.

But when someone gets stabbed in the chest — who cares? When Wahlberg is gripping the back of a plane with a sword of his own making — in a past life, he was a master craftsman — even the pleasurable echoes of Tom Cruise straddling a bullet train wear off as quickly as it takes the seeming reference to land. Infinite shuffles its hero from plot point to plot point, from character to character (and there are many, including turns from Sophie Cookson, Jason Mantzoukas, Rupert Friend, Liz Carr, Dylan O’Brien), going through the motions of self-discovery, memory-recovery, and on and on. And what get left on the cutting room floor are all the true curiosities. Those Infinites trapped in USB drive limbo, for example. The finer details of those legacies-long relationships to which the film keeps gesturing, too. The juicier details of Evan’s past lives, which are ironic, in part, for being populated by true warriors, largely reduced to flits of gold-tinged memory of more talented people fighting the good fight.

Maybe the most notable thing about the movie is Wahlberg himself, who hypes up that hapless “Who, me? Aw, shucks ” vibe that works so well for him in comedies but utterly fails him here. What’s with this Evan guy, anyway? It’s as if the soul of his true warrior self managed to land in the bodies of actual heroes, people with skills to pass on to their next iteration, only to land in the body of a guy who doesn’t seem to have much to offer — anyone. That’s kind of funny, actually. And in that context, Wahlberg’s performance works. But that’s not quite this movie; Infinite , as brought to screen by Fuqua & Co., lacks the self-awareness to it’d take to even know it should be more self-aware. The movie wraps up with something like a speech from a coach: Wahlberg, in the voiceover that basically dooms the movie from its very opening scene, laying it all out for us, spinning this meager heroic tale into a limp bit of hero myth. “Death isn’t the end,” he says. Maybe not. But even the Infinites cannot survive the end of a movie. Thank God for movies.

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Movie Review – Infinite (2021)

May 17, 2022 by Robert Kojder

Infinite , 2021.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Dylan O’Brien, Rupert Friend, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson, Toby Jones, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Jason Mantzoukas, Tom Hughes, Liz Carr, Wallis Day, Kae Alexander, Joana Ribeiro, Lili Rich, and Raffiella Chapman.

A troubled young man haunted by memories of two past lives stumbles upon the centuries-old secret society of similar individuals and dares to join their ranks.

A case could be made that Infinite (the latest from director Antoine Fuqua, adapting D. Eric Maikranz’s book The Reincarnationist Papers and a screenplay from Todd Stein and Ian Shorr, although really it just feels like Hollywood took another crack at bringing Assassins’ Creed to life but somehow worse) is dumb fun. Moreover, if someone wants to enjoy unabashed stupidity and preposterous action, more power to them. I do the same thing from time to time *checks emails for the tenth time today, hoping for the inevitable F9 press screening invite to come through*. However, there is something incredibly misguided driving the reincarnation mechanic of Infinite that downplays mental illness, specifically schizophrenia, presenting it as a special ability. Naturally, it’s a gift that is the key to saving the world.

A high-speed chase in 1985 France sets the stage alongside an on-screen graphic that reads “Last Life,” referring to a previous life lived. The major players involved in this absurd getaway where vehicles consistently defy the laws of physics are Dylan O’Brien’s Treadway, Rupert Friend’s villainous Bathurst, and lovebirds backing up the former, with a seemingly endless supply of police trying to put an end to the road chaos. There’s also some voiceover exposition explaining the basics of this world; certain people are born able to relive the memories of a former life, and those individuals are broken up into factions of good and evil (Believers that want to use the reincarnation gift responsibly and Nihilists who view this as a curse and want to put an end to it). That’s the surface-level explanation, and Infinite never explores the concept any more in-depth beyond that. The car chase escalates into greater violence resulting in some death, but not before Treadway is able to hide an artifact the Nihilists need for their nefarious goals.

Infinite then flashes forward to the life of Evan MaCauley (Mark Wahlberg, aware of how nonsensical the plot is and completely hamming it up), a down on his luck New York City weaponsmith. Yes, he actually forges a sword from muscle memory of a former Asian life he’s not quite sure why pops into his head, that he sells to drug dealers in exchange for schizophrenia medication that he can’t afford). I’m not joking; I assure you I watched the movie sober. Anyway, Evan doesn’t have a job for lack of trying, as we see him interviewed for a restaurant position and declined for having both a history of violence and a two-week stay in the psych ward for carving “look inside” across his skin (a huge red flag that the movie doesn’t care about mental health and is certainly fine exploiting for its dumb narrative).

After experiencing a strong vision/memory from a different life, Evan is rendered unconscious and wakes up detained and visited by the present-day incarnation of Bathurst (now played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, chewing up the scenery and deserving of better material), unaware of his evil plans. Soon after, Nora Brightman (Sophie Cookson) crashes through the building coming to the rescue making for another ludicrous chase sequence. She brings him back to the Believer’s base, catching Evan up to speed that they need to find the artifact Treadway hid before Bathurst does; otherwise, it spells doom for all life on earth.

Up to this point, the only thing making Infinite remotely tolerable is the insanity of its action sequences, which disappear until a preposterously nutty climax that belongs in a better turn-off your brain popcorn fun movie. Instead, there are heaps of exposition, more characters introduced, predictable revelations, and boredom as Evan’s mind is probed for clues. Several factors prevent him from fully unlocking his memories (such as a steel plate inside his head), and none of it compelling. Not even the romantic subplot going on between side characters comes across as engaging, mostly because the question arises as to why reincarnation can change ethnicities but apparently not gender. That thought only sends the mind further down the rabbit hole of awkward cultural appropriation on display, but I’d also be lying if I didn’t laugh and find joy from the sight of Mark Wahlberg wielding a sword.

Anyway, Infinite is as generic a story of heroes and villains as they come. Nothing about this fictional world will strike anyone as worth diving into more; the story is a combination of straightforward and straight-up confusing, the ending message is full of cringe, and not even crazy conditions during a thrilling climactic fight is enough to make one forget about the early going ill-advised approach to discussing mental health. Infinite is at best forgettable, and at worst, a confused disaster with occasional flourishes of imaginative action set pieces.

Flickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★

Robert Kojder is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Critics Choice Association. He is also the Flickering Myth Reviews Editor. Check here for new reviews, follow my Twitter or Letterboxd , or email me at [email protected]

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Infinite Reviews Have Arrived, Here's What Critics Are Saying About The New Mark Wahlberg Movie

Yet another movie that faced many release delays is finally here. Mark Wahlberg 's latest action flick, Infinite , was going to release in September of this year after delays, but Paramount cancelled its theatrical release and instead it's releasing digitally on Paramount+ today . The science fiction action film stars Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson, Jason Mantzoukas, Rupert Friend, Liz Carr, Toby Jones and Dylan O'Brien, and was directed by Antoine Fuqua.

In his second collaboration with director Fuqua (the first being 2007's Shooter ), Wahlberg plays Evan, a man struggling with hallucinations and having a hard time making ends meet. But one day, a woman arrives in a bulletproof car and tells him that he is actually an Infinite, a soul who has been reincarnated multiple times, and that he is basically destined to save the world. Infinite is now available on Paramount+, so let’s see what critics have to say about it.

Let’s start with the home team, as always. Eric Eisenberg rated Infinite 1.5 out of 5 stars (yikes). While he did enjoy some exciting action sequences in the film, that’s about where his enjoyment stopped. He highly criticized the movie for its reliance on exposition and the fact that it’s bloated with details and a cliché narrative. He was also disappointed with how Ejiofor delivered too much, while Wahlberg didn’t deliver enough. Eisenberg said:

It clearly has big franchise aspirations and it makes a go for being weird, but it coalesces as a convoluted and tired “chosen one” story that inspires an empty performance from Mark Wahlberg and some world-class scenery chewing from Chiwetel Ejiofor.

The cliché’d nature of Infinite is mentioned in more than just Eisenberg’s review. Elizabeth Weitzman of The Wrap criticized the sci-fi action flick for its similarities to other action movies (like the entire Fast and Furious franchise). Though she also enjoyed some action sequences like Eisenberg did, she was disappointed overall, calling out its lack of emotional artistry. Weitzman said:

This feels like a paycheck job all around, and Bathurst speaks for everyone when he proclaims that “Newer is almost never better”... Honestly, some movies are better experienced and forgotten than analyzed and understood.

I’m definitely sensing a pattern in these reviews. Justin Chang of The Los Angeles Times noted that there are infinitely better movies to watch than Infinite . (Get it?) He called attention to the movie’s recycling of other action films, the cluttered script, and the too-familiar narrative. Though he praised a few interesting characters whose time on screen was cut way too short, like Jones and Mantzoukas, he was pretty disappointed with the film. Chang said:

Wahlberg, who usually has a way with a cynical wisecrack, seems to sprain muscles trying to sell his character’s attempts at light-witted banter… Infinite may last a finite 106 minutes, but transmigration of souls or no transmigration of souls, life is too short.

David Ehrlich of IndieWire also had pretty much nothing good to say about Infinite . He commented that the movie will soon be forgotten in the abyss of streaming content, which is a good thing, in his opinion. He, like every aforementioned critic, noted how the action flick ripped off other, better, action films. He criticized the screenplay by Ian Shorr, as well as Ejiofor’s over-acting and Wahlberg’s under-acting. Ehrlich said:

A lukewarm soup of second-hand tropes that’s served in a portion too small to satisfy even the least discriminating thirst for slop, Infinite borrows so much from such obvious sources that it never bothers to establish an identity of its own.

Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle liked the sci-fi thriller just a little bit more than the previously mentioned critics did. He noted that there’s always a little bit of a sparkle that gives viewers just enough reason to keep watching, and that it’s never dull. But he criticized the film for its absolute absurdity and lazy script, calling it “glorious, exalted trash.” LaSalle said:

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I liked it just enough to like it but not enough to think anybody else will. As is the case with landing a motorcycle on a passing jet, Infinite is a really close one.

Well, there you have it. Critics definitely aren't very impressed with Infinite . Will audiences agree, or will they enjoy Mark Wahlberg's latest flick a little bit more? You can check it out now on Paramount+.

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Antoine Fuqua ( Training Day, The Magnificent Seven, The Equalizer ), where are you?

Surely, Infinite is NOT the movie you wanted to make. Full of way too much stand still explanation that results in a quasi-nauseous feeling of déjà vu, Infinite - now streaming on Paramount Plus - is an utter disappointment as it fails to do anything except make you yawn while checking your watch.

Starring Mark Wahlberg as Evan McCauley, a man suffering from a number of things - including schizophrenia - as a result of being one of the few special “Infinites” out in the world. What's an Infinite you ask? Just wait.

As the movie begins, Evan doesn’t remember his past life but he has the strange ability to be able to make a sword. Something is up here. Of course, we remember who Evan was thanks to a super-charged and thrilling car chase which opens the movie, promising more of that carnage to follow.

Honestly, the best the movie gets is RIGHT HERE in the opening 10 or 15 minutes as Wahlberg struggles to find employment. In a narration that sometimes works (but mostly doesn’t), we find him the most human. It is here, in the best scene of the movie, as he’s interviewing for a job he won’t get with a creepy restaurant owner where we really connect with this damaged soul. The scene is highly charged (unlike the finale) and helps us relate to Evan as he struggles to pay rent and buy his prescribed medicine.

Evan is an infinite - a special person who is born and reborn with the ability to remember everything they have ever learned - and, along with this life loop, comes a rather unique ability to twist and bend through the atmosphere to your own will. Or something like that.

It doesn’t really matter because, honestly, this movie and the actors involved - outside of Wahlberg (who still struggles to match words with the correct emotion) and Chiwetel Ejiofor as the man baddie, Bathurst - completely fail to connect with audiences. I'm not saying these two actors are great in their roles either, so imagine just how poorly acted this film is.

With that as a struggle, keep in mind that this is a movie with A LOT of exposition that can’t get us to buy in to its unremarkable spin on Wanted and the like. We listen and listen as the actor's spit out lines without care. This is a HUGE problem. The characters - Sophie Cookson as Nora and Jason Mantzoukas as the tech guru (who tries but fails to make us laugh) - are paper-thin and so is the plot as Wahlberg is whisked away to a magical place to help him remember what he did with an “egg” that the baddies want to get their fingers on since they are tired of their ongoing lives as The Nihilists and want to bring it all to an end.

If it gets us out of this movie any quicker, I say hand the damn egg over, but screenwriters Ian Shorr and Todd Stein disagree, making us sit through a nearly 2-hour CGI crap-fest that ends in an aerial sky slugfest ripped straight from the beginning of M oonraker , except not as exciting BECAUSE IT ISN'T REAL . Boring, overlong, and filled with a CGI Wahlberg jumping and landing a motorcycle on the wings of an airplane, Infinite so badly wants to be a brand new thing with its own series of movies that it misses the importance of getting the first film in a franchise successfully off the ground.

Infinite is an endless loop of reincarnated souls and collateral damage that we have all seen before. The BIG BOYS can do better than this. Or has Hollywood learned nothing during the covid-19 shutdown?

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, some bloody images, strong language and brief drug use. Runtime: 106 mins Director : Antoine Fuqua Writer: Ian Shorr Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson Genre : Sci-fi | Thriller Tagline: Memorable Movie Quote: "What do I know that you need so bad?" Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Pictures Official Site: https://www.thehustle.movie/ Release Date: June 30, 2021 (streaming) DVD/Blu-ray Release Date: Synopsis : A man discovers that his hallucinations are actually visions from past lives.

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Infinite review: Mark Wahlberg’s sci-fi adventure is a waste of good lives

There’s plenty of pedigree behind Infinite , the sci-fi thriller from Training Day director Antoine Fuqua that casts two-time Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg as a diagnosed schizophrenic who discovers that his hallucinations are actually the memories and accumulated experiences of past lives.

Chaos over character

Wasted potential, is it over yet.

The film pits Wahlberg’s character against a similarly reincarnating — but fully aware — villain played by Oscar-nominated 12 Years A Slave star Chiwetel Ejiofor, and was produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who famously shepherded both The Matrix and Transformers franchises to the screen. The movie’s concept is also pretty slick, with two factions of characters who wield a wide array of abilities, expertise, and wealth gained from their past lives battling it out across the globe — one trying to protect humanity while the other tries to end their infinite reincarnation by wiping out all life on Earth.

Early reports on screenwriter Ian Shorr’s script, adapted from D. Eric Maikranz’s 2009 novel The Reincarnationist Papers , described the film’s vibe as “Wanted meets The Matrix .” Collectively, all of those elements set a fairly high bar for Infinite , so it’s unfortunate that all of those impressive qualities are wasted on a thoroughly disappointing film.

Right from its opening scene, which features a wildly destructive high-speed car chase that would’ve felt right at home in a Fast and Furious sequel or one of the aforementioned Transformers movies, Infinite seems intent on dispensing with any of the more cerebral aspects of its characters’ lore and going all-in on physics-defying, maximum carnage spectacle. We’re given a glimpse of the most recent final moments of the main characters, essentially superhero secret agents capable of pulling off unbelievable feats with cars, guns, and inexplicably (at that point) a samurai sword while being pursued by legions of faceless villains and disposable law enforcement.

It’s the sort of scene that plays perfectly fine in countless big-budget action and sci-fi franchises, but Infinite falls back on it over and over throughout its 106-minute running time, often at the expense of any character development or narrative work that would make the stakes in the frantic sequences feel consequential. Scenes like this work in franchises like The Fast and the Furious and Transformers because you care (at least a little bit) what happens to the characters. Infinite , however, never bothers to try making its characters interesting, let alone relatable.

Shortly after we’re introduced to Wahlberg’s character and his uncertain psychological state, the film puts him at the center of yet another ridiculously chaotic car chase — this time featuring two armored vehicles plowing through a crowded metropolis intended to be Manhattan — and from that point on, the action sequences blur together in a near-constant frenzy of explosions and destruction for the remainder of the film. Neither Wahlberg’s character nor his supporting cast of “Infinites” (the name given to the film’s reincarnating characters) are given any development beyond what’s necessary to put them in place for the next death-defying set piece, making the film feel less like an unfolding story and more like a movie mayhem sizzle reel.

Although the film puts carnage over character development at nearly every opportunity, Infinite does manage to hint at what it could have been just enough to make you frustrated with the film it ended up being.

A scene in which Ejiofor’s character tortures another “Infinite” played by Emmy-nominated veteran actor Toby Jones is one of the film’s most fun to watch, and amazingly, it doesn’t even involve a single explosion. Both actors chew up the scenery as they engage in a bit of over-the-top verbal sparring, and the short scene ends up delivering more entertainment value than much of the 100 minutes of footage surrounding it.

Comedic actor Jason Mantzoukas ( The League , The Dictator ) also does an admirable job of adding some levity to the film’s cast, but his otherwise fun performance is ultimately overshadowed by the movie’s desire for a constant stream of high-speed pursuits, gun battles, and other effects-driven action sequences.

Given the bona fides of the film’s cast and creative team, it seemed reasonable to expect an entertaining adventure from Infinite — and at worst, dumb fun — but the final product underwhelms at even the low end of expectations.

With a story more meager and patched together than any of di Bonaventura or Wahlberg’s Transformers films, and lacking any of the dramatic weight of Fuqua or Ejiofor’s prior projects, Infinite is a disappointment across the board — and makes a strong case for being one of its cast members’ and director’s worst films. That it’s filled with characters who pride themselves on using their vast archive of memories (while offering few examples of doing so in the film) makes it even more annoying that the film ends up being so forgettable.

Sure, Ejiofor’s villainous character is intended to be evil for wanting to bring an early end to Infinite ‘s tale of death and rebirth, but after sitting through nearly two hours of unoriginal action scenes in Infinite without any semblance a story to stitch them together, he might have been on to something.

Antoine Fuqua and Mark Wahlberg’s Infinite is available now on the Paramount+ streaming service.

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Character cauterizes a stomach gash with a car cigarette lighter. Guns and shooting; characters shot. Person injured by shard from wreckage. Russian roulette. Alien weapons. Fighting with sword; fingertips sliced off. Arrows shot through character's hands. Villain tortures a person, pouring thick honey down his throat. Many car chases, crashes, explosions. Fighting, punching. Bloody face. Operation; brain shown. Body sliced open.

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Opening narration explains that "Believer" infinites like to use their knowledge for the betterment of humankind, but movie has almost zero examples of this actually occurring. Mostly characters cause all kinds of destruction. Tammy is strong and powerful but also comes across largely as a sidekick to the main male character. The only non-White major character is the villain, whose motivations are selfish.

Parents need to know that Infinite is a sci-fi/action movie starring Mark Wahlberg as a man who learns that he's been reincarnated many times -- and who holds the key to saving the world. Based on D. Eric Maikranz' book The Reincarnationist Papers , the movie mostly feels like an excuse for endless chases and explosions. Other violence includes guns and shooting, fighting and punching, swordfighting (with severed fingers), a person injured by flying debris, some blood, arrows shot through someone's hand, torture (including pouring honey down a person's throat), and someone cauterizing a wound with a cigarette lighter. Language includes "s--t," "bitch," "ass," etc., plus one use of "f--k." The main character takes prescription meds obtained from a shady (illegal) drug dealer, and there's some mild sex-related dialogue. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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In INFINITE, Evan Michaels ( Mark Wahlberg ), who's been diagnosed with schizophrenia, has trouble finding a job. He gets the medications he needs by making beautiful swords and trading them to shady drug dealers. During one trade, something goes wrong, and Evan finds himself in custody, questioned by the mysterious Theodore Murray ( Chiwetel Ejiofor ). Tammy McCauley ( Sophie Cookson ) rescues Evan and reveals to him that he's not schizophrenic but is, in fact, an "infinite": a rare being that can remember past lives and retain the skills learned in them. Murray is also an infinite, but one who intends to destroy the entire human race to end his own reincarnation cycle. Evan holds a secret that could either doom humanity or save it -- but first he must remember who he is.

Is It Any Good?

Stuck with an incomprehensible, half-baked idea and carried out with stale writing, mechanical acting, and relentless chase scenes and explosions, this sci-fi action movie is an almost total failure. Directed by Antoine Fuqua , Infinite opens with expository narration about how some infinites (the "Believers") want to use their gifts for good, while others (the "Nihilists") want to destroy everything. About 20 minutes later, a character repeats this information, almost verbatim. But despite all that, the movie doesn't show how reincarnation works -- a character who seemingly died not long ago somehow becomes a 50-year-old Mark Wahlberg -- and only vaguely manages to explain why the villain wants to kill everyone.

If it's nearly impossible to figure out the point of it all, then it follows that the actors have no choice but to read their poorly written lines like robots and that Fuqua must fill the running time with as many meaningless stunts and car crashes as possible. Sometimes those things can be fun, but only if the movie itself has a sense of fun -- or a sense of its own dim-wittedness -- and Infinite has neither of those things. It plays as if everyone involved is just trying to get through it with as little effort as possible. The technical work (e.g., visual effects, sound, etc.) is all fine, but this dud suggests that Fuqua ought to stick to working with Denzel Washington ( Training Day , The Equalizer 1 and 2 , The Magnificent Seven , etc.).

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Movie Details

On DVD or streaming : June 10, 2021
Cast : Mark Wahlberg , Chiwetel Ejiofor , Sophie Cookson
Director : Antoine Fuqua
Inclusion Information : Black directors, Black actors, Female actors
Studio : Paramount+
Genre : Science Fiction
Topics : Book Characters
Run time : 106 minutes
MPAA rating : PG-13
MPAA explanation : sequences of strong violence, some bloody images, strong language and brief drug use
Last updated : November 14, 2023

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Infinite (2021) Movie Review – A lacklustre thriller that thankfully doesn’t go on forever

Infinitely Flawed

Antoine Fuqua’s Infinite is yet another film that details the lives of people who seemingly have the capacity to live forever. We have already seen its like on Netflix, with the reasonably entertaining The Old Guard, as well as the 1986 ‘classic,’ Highlander that, despite the promise that there ‘can be only one,’ spawned a never-ending franchise with diminishing returns.

Infinite is a little different. Mark Wahlberg’s Evan McCauley isn’t immortal. But it’s the fact that Wahlberg can remember all of his past lives that gives him the ability to be super-infinite. As he can remember all of the skills he has picked up over the course of his reincarnated existence, he can wield a samurai sword, practice hand-to-hand combat, and do other things that befit the people he has existed as before. It’s an intriguing concept but sadly, this isn’t a film that will live forever in your mind.

As the director of The Equalizer and Training Day , Fuqua certainly has what it takes to craft an interesting thriller. He is no slouch in the action stakes either, as he proved with Shooter , which also starred Mark Wahlberg. However, this film won’t go down in history as one of his best.

Based on the novel The Reincarnationist Papers , this futuristic tale tells the story of two factions, the Infinites and the Believers, each one battling over the future of the human race. Wahlberg falls into the former camp as a man who slowly wakes up to the fact that he has existed before. And Chiwetel Ejiofor heads up the opposing side, as somebody who sees the gift of eternal life as less of a blessing and more of a curse that blights his every reality.

The concept is certainly interesting but it’s never fully realised. Despite some reasonably good action scenes, especially near the beginning of the film, it never quite raises the pulse. This is because the characters within are quite thinly drawn so we are never fully invested in them.

Yes, there is a high stakes scenario at the heart of the film – The Believers want to use something called the Egg to destroy the world, while the Infinites battle to stop them – but as the convoluted story borders on ridiculousness at times, it’s hard to take seriously. In fact, there were moments when I stopped caring about the film entirely. After a promising early start, events take a turn for the worst as exposition piles upon exposition and the story threads become ever more nonsensical.

Sadly, the acting doesn’t help. This isn’t to say the film doesn’t contain actors of merit. Mark Wahlberg, Sophie Cookson (as the woman who wakes Eric up to his infinite existence), and Chiwetel Ejiofor, are all people capable of turning in good performances. The wonderful Toby Jones turns up here too. However, these talented actors aren’t given a lot to work with, as their characters are all fairly one-dimensional. The fact that they have to rely on dialogue that doesn’t always make a lot of sense isn’t helpful either.

Thankfully, this isn’t a film that feels like it’s going to go on forever. At 106 minutes, it’s not a short film but it’s far shorter than many recent action films, such as Fast and Furious 9 , which went on for a bum-numbing 135 minutes. The action, including one scene where Wahlberg, after riding off a cliff, leaps mid-air from a motorcycle and onto the wing of an aeroplane, is adeptly handled. It’s just a shame that the story is a bit of a mess, being derivative of other, better films that one is reminded of while watching.

Is it worth a watch? Well, if you’re prepared to turn your brain off for what is essentially a generic piece of escapism, then yes, it might be. In one sense, it’s perfect Friday night viewing if all you want to do is wind down and forget about work and your assorted other life pressures. But if you’re a more discerning viewer, perhaps on the lookout for a sci-fi film that has story depth as well as good action, you are going to be disappointed.

This is more Gemini Man than Tenet , with little to offer other than some fairly well-orchestrated action scenes. It’s easy to see why it slipped onto streaming services (Amazon Prime in the UK, Paramount+ in the States), as a cinema release would surely have garnered it more negative word of mouth than it is currently getting.

I have the feeling that this was intended to be the first of a franchise. Whether or not another film appears, we will have to wait and see. Personally, I doubt it, unless it can be reincarnated into something that offers far more than the slapdash sci-fi mumbo jumbo that we get here.

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“Can you stop being so beautiful?” an enraged Andrea ( Luana Giuliani ) asks his mother, Clara, as they drive away from some catcalling males in “L’immensità,” a sun-drenched slice of ‘70s summer simulation directed by Emanuele Crialese . The movie is about the torture of family life, the particular tortures of family life when you’re growing up transgender, and—because Penelope Cruz is playing the matriarch of the family in question—it’s also kind of about having a mother with movie-star looks and charisma.

Cruz plays Clara, a mother of three children in an upper-middle-class Italian milieu who clearly loves looking after her brood. In the opening scene, she makes setting the table with them into a singalong activity. Family life is not too often so simple or harmonious. The father—this is never a surprise in movies of this sort, these days—is a shit, a philandering sexist piglet who sometimes tries to force himself on Clara. Oldest child Andrea (whose mostly empathetic mother will still sometimes call by his birth name, “Adriana”), is the closest observer of the parental chasm, and he’s going through something of a cataclysm himself, identifying as a boy and getting all kinds of hassle for it from father and peers and others.

What’s a fellow to do? Well, across from the family domicile is a field of reeds, and through the reeds, there’s a bunch of makeshift shacks where folks of lesser means—refugees or perhaps nomads of the Romany variety, the movie doesn’t exactly make clear—reside. There’s a teenage girl there, Sara, and she gets Andrea as nobody else, not even his sympathetic mom, does.

“L’immensità” tells the hardly exactly plot-driven tale of one summer in Andrea’s life and makes a point of not trying to make said summer a hugely “significant” one. Of course, certain events stamp it as definitive. Andrea’s father knocks up his secretary, toppling the precarious family situation into chaos. In the scene where the secretary comes to Clara for help, Crialese drops out the dialogue soundtrack as Andrea is eavesdropping, a rather confounding directorial choice since we learn what’s up in almost no time after that. But one kind of understands the point the director is going for. The movie’s about an individual’s impression of time and events when that individual is under unique duress.

Andrea has plenty of reasons to want to escape reality, and every now and then in the picture, she does, in sparkly black-and-white musical numbers. In one, she and Clara have a choreographed helluva time to “Prisencolinensinainciusol,” Italian pop singer Adriano Celentano’s bouncy number whose title phrase is meant to evoke nonsense English. Later, mom and son separately have their way lip-syncing a song we Americans know as the theme to “ Love Story .” The movie’s title, too, is from an Italian pop song (it certainly doesn’t reflect the movie’s approach or its running time) which plays over the end credits.

While Giuliani is a remarkable performer, whose saucer-like eyes are incredibly apt instruments for registering either delight or distress, the movie is ultimately about their character in relation to Cruz. One can’t be sure whether this was explicitly intended or is just something that happens once all the footage is aggregated. Whatever the case, the actress’ luminance is arguably worth the price of admission.

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NBA Infinite was developed by Level Infinite and Lightspeed Studios and is the latest basketball game available globally on both iOS and Android devices . Initially launched in early access in the US and Canada in February 2023 , it underwent a second beta test in select regions in July 2023 . Subsequently, the game was open for pre-registration in early December 2023 before transitioning into a soft launch phase later that month. After spending extensive hours playing the game, I am knowledgeable enough to create a detailed NBA Infinite Review as we delve into its main gameplay quality, providing a fair assessment while comparing it to other titles in the genre.

Throughout its development, NBA Infinite has consistently offered uninterrupted officially licensed basketball action. Additionally, players have access to our NBA Infinite beginner’s guides , reroll guide , and free redeem codes for in-game perks and rewards. Should you encounter any issues or have inquiries about the game, our customer support guide is available for assistance.

The game’s narrative lets you create your own success in the NBA scene

Starting with the NBA Infinite review, let us begin by talking about how the point-of-view and narrative work in this game. NBA Infinite doesn’t follow a traditional storyline like some other games do. Instead, it offers players the opportunity to craft their narrative through the gameplay experience.

Think of it as similar to 2K’s MyTEAM mode, where you assemble your roster of players and compete. However, NBA Infinite takes this concept further by emphasizing the pursuit of championships, similar to what you might find in the career mode of other sports games.

While there’s no predefined plot or characters to follow, the essence of NBA Infinite lies in the journey you undertake to build and lead your team to success. Every match, every decision you make in team management, and every victory or defeat contributes to shaping the story of your team. It’s a dynamic narrative that unfolds as you progress through the game, filled with the highs of triumph and the lows of challenges to overcome.

In NBA Infinite, you’re not just playing basketball as you’re forging your path to glory, navigating through the competitive landscape of the NBA world. Whether you’re strategizing your lineup, training your players, or facing off against formidable opponents, each moment adds to the richness of your personal story within the game. So, while there may not be a scripted storyline to follow, the experience of NBA Infinite is all about writing your tale of triumph and achievement on the court.

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In NBA Infinite, you’ll notice a deliberate focus on featuring current NBA stars like LeBron James and Stephen Curry , rather than bringing back retired legends such as Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan which is the case in other popular titles such as NBA Live Mobile and NBA 2K Mobile . This decision has its upsides and downsides.

On the positive side, it keeps the game fresh and relevant to today’s basketball scene, allowing players to engage with the current roster of top-tier athletes. By showcasing the latest talent, NBA Infinite ensures that players can put themselves in the current NBA landscape and experience the excitement of watching their favorite contemporary players in action.

However, some players may feel disappointed by the absence of beloved retired legends. For fans who grew up idolizing these iconic players, their exclusion from NBA Infinite could be seen as a drawback, as they may miss the opportunity to play with or against their all-time favorite stars.

Nevertheless, while the absence of retired legends may disappoint some, NBA Infinite’s focus on current NBA talent provides an opportunity for players to embrace and appreciate the current generation of basketball superstars.

NBA Infinite gameplay features flexibility for grind and fun

NBA Infinite offers a wide range of gameplay modes that cater to different player preferences, whether you’re a competitive player looking to climb the ranks or someone who just wants to enjoy the game casually. The variety of modes, from intense ranked matches to more laid-back training sessions, allows players to choose how they want to engage with the game.

For seasoned players seeking a challenge, modes like 3v3 Ranked and Dynasty Ranked provide opportunities to showcase their skills and strategic prowess in competitive environments. On the other hand, casual players can enjoy the fast-paced excitement of 11-point games or hone their abilities in the Training Camp mode without the pressure of rankings or competition.

This flexibility in gameplay ensures that NBA Infinite accommodates players of all skill levels and preferences, making it accessible and enjoyable for a wide audience. Whether you’re grinding your way up the ranks or simply having fun practicing your basketball skills, NBA Infinite offers something for everyone, enhancing the overall experience and ensuring long-lasting enjoyment for players.

The player design is great but somewhat doesn’t hit the accuracy of other players

When you look at the players in NBA Infinite, you can see they’ve been designed with great effort and quality. Their movements are smooth, and they try to make them look like real NBA players. But, if you pay close attention, you might notice that some players don’t look exactly like they do in real life. Their faces or other features might be a bit off. This might bother fans who want the game to look just like watching a real NBA game.

It’s not easy to make every player look exactly right in a game. There are so many details to get right, and everyone’s face is different. But, it’s important for the game to feel as real as possible for fans. Even though some players might not look exactly right now, the game developers can use feedback to try and make improvements. That way, NBA Infinite can keep getting better and feel even more like the real thing.

Animations in NBA Infinite are commendable

The animations in NBA Infinite are truly remarkable and deserve a round of applause. When you observe the players executing passes, executing dunks, taking shots, and engaging in various other maneuvers, it’s evident that a significant amount of effort has been poured into making these actions appear smooth and true to life.

The fluidity of movement on the court is noticeable in the virtual basketball world. Whether it’s a thunderous slam dunk or a precision pass, the animations capture the essence of the sport, enhancing the overall enjoyment of playing NBA Infinite.

However, despite the commendable animations, there are occasional instances where imperfections surface. These minor glitches or inconsistencies, while not detracting significantly from the gameplay experience, serve as reminders that perfection is elusive even in the realm of gaming.

Perhaps you might notice a slight hitch in a player’s movement or a momentary lapse in realism during certain sequences. Nonetheless, it’s important to acknowledge that such imperfections are a natural part of game development and do not overshadow the overall excellence of NBA Infinite’s animation quality.

The graphics fit the theme and the audio and voice-overs are on-point

Playing NBA Infinite is like diving into a world where basketball feels alive and vibrant. The graphics are simply amazing, whether you’re hustling on the city streets or competing in the NBA arenas. The colors are bright and exciting as they fit the theme of the game mode or area you are playing, making every move you make feel like you’re in the middle of a real game.

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But it’s not just about what you see. The sounds in NBA Infinite are pretty realistic as well. When you shoot, pass, or dunk, it sounds accurate and on-point and I barely noticed any delays or problems with the audio experience. Additionally, here’s the coolest part, you can even hear the players talking during the game. It’s like you’re part of the team, hearing everything they say and feeling like you’re right there on the court with them.

From simple banters to hyping themselves up during the action, it’s a pretty good way to make the game feel more real in terms of audio quality. Overall, NBA Infinite is an amazing game that gives you the full basketball experience. With awesome graphics and sounds that make you feel like a real player, it’s sure to keep you entertained for hours on end.

NBA Infinite offers easy-to-learn controls and well-made UI

NBA Infinite boasts excellent controls that provide you with precision and responsiveness in executing moves like shooting, passing, and blocking. The mechanics feel intuitive once you get the hang of them, allowing for seamless gameplay that mirrors the real-life sport. However, for newcomers or those not accustomed to NBA games, there might be a bit of a learning curve.

Adjusting to the controls and mastering the timing of each action can take some time, especially if you’re new to the franchise or basketball gaming in general. Nevertheless, with practice and patience, you can quickly adapt and enjoy the smooth gameplay experience that NBA Infinite offers.

In terms of the user interface (UI), NBA Infinite excels with a well-designed layout that is both visually appealing and easy for you to navigate. The menus are intuitive, making it simple for you to access various game modes, customize settings, and manage your team.

Important information, such as your player stats and match objectives, is presented clearly, ensuring you can stay informed and engaged throughout your gaming sessions. Overall, the UI enhances your overall user experience by providing a seamless and enjoyable interface that complements the game’s immersive gameplay.

NBA Infinite’s gacha system and monetization are okay

In NBA Infinite, you have a system called the Hoop Draft , where you can get high-tier and rare NBA players. Unlike some other games with similar systems, it’s not a big deal here because you can earn the game’s currency and buy the NBA players you like from other players. If you decide to spend money on the game, it’s not too bad either.

You get a fair amount of in-game money for what you spend, and the MVP pass is a good deal for its price. Overall, NBA Infinite’s system for getting players and how it handles spending money is okay and not too hard on you.

Comparison with other NBA Mobile Games

When comparing NBA Infinite to other NBA mobile games like NBA 2K24 MyTEAM, NBA 2K Mobile, and NBA Live Mobile , several factors come into play. NBA 2K Mobile , known for its polished gameplay and established reputation, has long been a favorite among basketball enthusiasts. Its focus on structured modes like MyTEAM and MyCAREER provides players with a comprehensive basketball experience centered around team management and career progression.

On the other hand, NBA Infinite brings fresh ideas and a diverse range of game modes to the table. With its emphasis on player-versus-player matches and casual modes like three-pointer contests, NBA Infinite offers a more varied and accessible gaming experience for players of all skill levels. While NBA 2K Mobile may have the advantage of experience and refinement, NBA Infinite’s innovative approach and competitive spirit make it an exciting contender in the basketball gaming landscape.

Meanwhile, NBA Live Mobile offers its unique take on mobile basketball gaming, with its PvP mode allowing players to compete for exclusive rewards in showdown games. Each game in the NBA mobile gaming universe caters to different preferences and playstyles, providing basketball fans with a variety of options to choose from.

In summary, while NBA 2K Mobile and NBA Live Mobile have their strengths in established gameplay and unique features, NBA Infinite distinguishes itself with its fresh approach and diverse range of game modes. Ultimately, the choice between these games depends on individual preferences and what players seek in a mobile basketball gaming experience.

Final Verdict

In summary, from our review perspective, NBA Infinite delivers an enjoyable basketball gaming experience, offering a range of features and modes to keep players engaged. With its immersive graphics and realistic gameplay, it captures the excitement of the sport and provides players with a chance to experience the thrill of competitive basketball.

The game’s intuitive controls make it easy for players to jump in and start playing, while its variety of game modes cater to different playstyles and preferences. Whether you’re looking to test your skills in intense player-versus-player matches or simply enjoy a casual game of hoops, NBA Infinite has something for everyone.

Moreover, the game’s progression system, including the Hoop Draft and player market, adds depth and replayability, allowing players to build their dream team and strive for greatness. While there may be room for improvement in certain areas, such as fine-tuning gameplay mechanics and adding more diverse content, NBA Infinite shows promise as a contender in the basketball gaming genre.

As the game continues to evolve and grow, it has the potential to become a staple for basketball fans on mobile platforms. Whether you’re a die-hard basketball enthusiast or just looking for some fun on your phone, NBA Infinite offers a satisfying gaming experience that’s worth checking out.

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NBA Infinite was developed by Level Infinite and Lightspeed Studios and is the latest basketball game available globally on both iOS and Android devices.Initially launched in early access in the US and Canada in February 2023, it underwent a second beta test in select regions in July 2023.Subsequently, the game was open for pre-registration in early December 2023 before transitioning into a ...
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