Film Review: Infini

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Cert: R-rated.

Director: Shane Abbess

Screen writer: Shane Abbess, Brian Cachia


Starring: Daniel MacPherson , Grace Huang , Luke Hemsworth , Bren Foster , Luke Ford , Dwaine Stevenson , Louisa Mignone , Tess Haubrich , Harry Pavlidis , Kevin Copeland , Andy Rodoreda, Richard Huggett , Paul Winchester, Brendan Clearkin , Matt Minto 

Running time: 110 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: couple kissing

Violence & Gore: This film's content has a very extreme violent & disturbing nature & bloody scene throughout the movie that is R-rated.

Profanity: very strong language

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: none

Frightening/Intense Scenes: alot of this film is very intense & mind bending some viewer my find disturbing - recommended age 18



Story: An elite 'search and rescue' team transport onto an off-world mining-facility to rescue Whit Carmichael, the lone survivor of a biological outbreak.

Likes : WOW this film is a total mind trip,  i will hand it to the director of this film, he know how to true make a film that mess's with your head in story that not only makes you think what the hell is going on but take in to the world of space madness with a psychological feel like pandorum just in a different way.
It hard to explain this film because its got some many element working together with this psychological feel of madness, despair but also this mysterious element of a unknown life form that drive people to the brink of the violent nature in humans resulting in madness & the violent urge to kill, this is what this film is basic put across.
The story of the film is pretty complex involving a team that have to travel by slipstream to rescue any survivors, but what they walk into is more dangerous than they realise. The interesting thing here is that the threat dosent come from some mutant creatures that has deformed the the workers on the station , comes mainly come from humans, who are driven into madness as they are infected by something that makes them act under the impulse of human primeval instinct, seeking to kill, to be the sole survivor, as plagued by a wild struggle.
The director Shane Abbess explores the evil that strikes the protagonists of the film, taken by schizophrenia which is mental disorder often characterized by abnormal social behavior & failure to recognize what is real. Common symptoms include false beliefs, unclear or confused thinking, auditory hallucinations, reduced social engagements & emotional expression & lack of motivation.  This is an interest take on the concept of this film using the Evil in people that can arise from the heart of each person and it is through a series of rapid and delirious montage, accompanied by discontinued voice, dialogues and pictures, we see the characters sink in to madness, even our brave Carmichael must fight against his murderous impulses has it tries to take hold of the characters human primeval nature.
Although the ending of this film is a bit of mind trip that completely throw you back think W.T.H how is this possible but it cleverly works because of the film concept with a lifeforms you come to understand that this life form wants something, the film dose go in to details to what it is, which is good for the film because other wise there would be a massive plot hole in the film.
It a film that's a across between Event horizon, doom & pandorum with extreme intense moment & violent blood nature that's frightening & intense but give this film it's entertainment value with an interesting story, although dose miss a few opportunity to be better although its still a great film to watch.


Dislikes : i through this film could of had a different direction from the way this film was heading, i think its missed a great opportunity to change the story from human threat to a creature threat considering the alien involvement in this film but still its a great film.
i feel for some people that watch this the ending will just throw this film concept right off just by the way it ending, it kind of throw you in to a head trip of what the hell is going on, i don't think alot of people will understand this ending so it might not come off well.

Overall : Dark, disturbing, very bloody & violent, concept that drive in to the world of madness.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 7 out of 10 for story concept.



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