Review of Infinity Pool (2023) by Jluis_001 — 28 Jan 2023

I find it annoying to see that once again one of the most consuming struggles for Brandon Cronenberg is knowing how many people are going to come back again and claim that he's trying to emulate his father.

In the end, it has no bearing on the results of his film, because the one constant I had in my head while watching it was: ''When can it be considered that you're trying too hard?''

What I think is the idea behind Infinity Pool is certainly disconcerting, I find it hard to believe that its effect is intended to do anything else. Unfortunately for its creator, its artifice begins to show its weak spots as the plot progresses.

Once the plot reveals where we are going, the movie gives way to the horrifying nightmare combined with the hedonism of committing atrocities that imply repercussions for its main character that you clearly sense long before him and by the time he does it, it will be too late.

Now, understanding the style of this Cronenberg, we know that what's on display implies that there's going to be nasty, disgusting, and mesmerizing stuff.

However, I think that by approaching all of this in a made-up world, Brandon Cronenberg allows himself to escape delving deeper into his story than the obvious implications make clear.

Part of the idea is to provoke, of course, but some of his narrative moves are already known, and while the ride is well worth taking, it must also be acknowledged that in its precariousness, the more you poke around, the more the cracks begin to appear.

And while Infinity Pool doesn't collapse, it barely makes an impact.