Its good to see Australia producing quality flicks and Infini is certainly a competent sci fi. That said, this film could have delivered more with a little more care taken in the storytelling department.
Infini starts off well, seems to build towards something but then, inexplicably, seems to run out of ideas. The result is a somewhat listless film that fizzles out in the final third of the picture, meekly crawling towards its rather flat conclusion.
This is a real shame as there is otherwise, a lot to like. Good sets, well established atmosphere and a cast of capable actors. Not to mention nice special effects. If more care and attention had been paid to the script, this film could have been a real winner. As it stands, its only competent. Six out of ten from me.
Infini
2015
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Infini
2015
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Plot summary
A search and rescue team are transported through deep space to a distant mining colony to save the sole survivor of a biological outbreak. During their mission, they find a lethal weapon which is set to arrive on Earth within the hour.
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Some promise but...
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Moon and Ex Machina are two films that have shown what can be achieved with a great idea and a low budget.
Infini has a low budget and a low rent screenplay which is incomprehensible and it shows. Too much of the film reminds you of Event Horizon, Aliens, The Thing but those films were better and had a bigger budget.
Whit (Daniel MacPherson) leaves his loving wife behind to go on a dangerous and well paid teleport mission in a galactic outpost where a search and rescue mission goes wrong. The planet is made of some kind of alien biological material which infects its human inhabitants and they later display a violent blood lust. This primordial ooze could be heading for earth and wipe out the entire planet.
The film is murky and dark. It might be set in the 23rd century but their are a lot of F bombs dropped by the cast who also resort to increasing violence in the second half of the film. Uninteresting and uninspired.
So uber-violent that you might wanna consider this before you watch.
Before you watch "Infini" you need to seriously consider if it's a film you could handle...or would want to handle. After all, it's incredibly bloody and violent--so much so that it's bound to turn off some viewers. Sure,...it's sci-fi...but very violent and difficult to watch sci-fi. And I am talking about a film that is significantly more violent than "Alien" or "The Thing".
When the film begins, there's a prologue that explains about the future and space travel through something called 'slipstreaming'. Soon a slipstreaming experiment goes amok and all but one of the slipstream soldiers on a base are killed when a group of slipstream travelers return--violent and changed into killing machines. The lone survivor, Whit, travels to the most distant and awful base set up by the humans, Infini.
Soon an extraction group is sent to Infini. They are looking for survivors because apparently some sort of disaster occurred there. However, the disaster is nothing like the slipstream soldiers were told, as some weird alien creature that looks like goo takes over many in the team and they run amok killing each other. And, somehow, Whit is among the survivors...one of the few left alive after the infestation. Much of the film shows him battling crazed humans who are infested and it's killing---very, very violent, visceral and nasty killing for here on in the film.
There are some very positive things about the movie. Although it cost only $800,000, it looked like the film cost many millions. It has nice special effects and music as well. But the film is a bit confusing (especially at the beginning) and just too bloody and violent for my taste. An interesting film but one that left me feeling a bit disappointed due to the unrelenting violence.
By the way, it is interesting that although the film was made in Australia, all the folks sport American-style accents...even though a good deal of the actors are Aussies. Perhaps this was done to increase the ability of the filmmakers to market the picture abroad.