[the movie] viewed at home, from the perspective of the couch, the effects are smaller, the holes in the story bigger, the acting infinitely more ridiculous
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
the film plays like an overcomplicated imitator of The Matrix that never pauses long enough to foster interest in a single character. It's busy and bombastic but dull, explosive and assaultive but never exciting
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
it's all sci-fi table setting all the time, racing through introductions and plot points at a mercenary pace, its wheel manned by a star whose default mode for this kind of movie is hunky frowning
as much as it's built to be taken seriously, "Infinite" works better the less you think about it and the more you just go along for the ride; the action sequences are explosive fun. Maybe "Infinite" isn't crazy, it's just misunderstood
Antoine Fuqua does what he can to sprinkle garnishing on cold leftovers; but the script barely holds together, and seems to emanate from an alternate reality where no other sci-fi films or games were released in the last 25 years
a ridiculously bland rip-off of "The Matrix" and "Assassin's Creed"; "Infinite" is derivative to the point that it can be hard to remember what you're watching even while you're watching it
a misfiring melange of other better movies; it's the worst kind of soulless committee-made product, lazy and risk-free, that need never and will never be thought of again. Infinite? Not even close
"Infinite" has some impressive set pieces combining practical effects and CGI, and the terrific cast approaches the material with grim-faced sincerity, but it's ultimately a big bag of nonsense wrapped in glossy packaging
"Infinite" certainly has the star power to ignite some interest, and it's an entertaining ride with a compelling concept; but a lack of depth with the characters and the mythology keeps the audience from getting too invested in the heroes' task
by Jeffrey M. Anderson [Common Sense Media ]
by Siddhant Adlakha [Observer ]
by Richard Roeper [Chicago Sun-Times ]
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