Infinite
Paramount Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): June 10, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
10
Negative:
17
Watch Now
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
IGNKristy PuchkoJun 15, 2021
Infinite is a chaotic film. Plucking from well-worn cliches, it’s familiar enough to scratch the itch of action entertainment. Yet its world-building is so wonky you might do better to switch off your brain and let the flashy stunts wash over you. Read full review
58
The Film StageJared MobarakJun 10, 2021
The funny thing is, though, that it does somehow work despite its flaws. Its A-to-B propulsion added onto Maikranz’s environmental framework might be basic and familiar, but it gets us to the end without too much manipulation. Read full review
50
The Associated PressLindsey BahrJun 10, 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. Read full review
50
Screen RantMolly FreemanJun 10, 2021
Infinite certainly has the star power to ignite some interest, and it's an entertaining ride with a compelling concept. At the same time, it buckles under the weight of its own world-building and suffers from a surprising lack of urgency. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 10, 2021
To its credit, no matter how self-important and dreary Infinite gets at times, it’s never dull, and there’s always a little sparkle to it and a reason to keep watching. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jun 10, 2021
What Infinite fatally lacks is personality. 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. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJun 10, 2021
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. Read full review
40
PolygonRoxana HadadiJun 17, 2021
Mark Wahlberg should never be in a science fiction movie ever again. While the Paramount Plus exclusive streaming movie Infinite isn’t entirely his bad — the direction, script, and overall absence of creative vision also range from nonsensical to embarrassing — it suffers profoundly from his bland, phoned-in, looking-for-the-craft-table performance. Read full review
40
We Got This CoveredScott CampbellJun 10, 2021
Paramount+ has finally released its first major in-house exclusive movie, but it's an understatement to say that Infinite could be better. Read full review
40
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanJun 10, 2021
Wahlberg and Ejiofor muster enough charisma to keep us watching, and Jason Mantzoukas cuts through the generic feel with some much-appreciated weirdness as the Artisan. Read full review
38
ObserverSiddhant AdlakhaJun 11, 2021
The Mark Wahlberg–starrer reveals just how stuck Hollywood sci-fi is in 1999, when The Matrix cemented ideas of digital consciousness in the Western mainstream (with a bent of pan-Asian spirituality). Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 10, 2021
The film doesn’t begin to know what to do with the reincarnation idea beyond a few sharply edited micro-flashbacks. Is the look on Wahlberg’s face the character thinking What is going on? Or is it the actor thinking Am I in the next ‘Matrix’ or the silliest movie of 2021? Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 10, 2021
If Fuqua & Co. had taken a more askance view of this quintessentially goofy concept, they might have gotten an “Edge of Tomorrow” out of it, with Wahlberg and Ejiofor in on the joke. They didn’t, opting for “gonzo nonsense” that’s as watchable as it is forgettable. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrJun 9, 2021
Heading straight to streaming platform Paramount+ without the embarrassment of appearing in theaters first, the movie is both blissfully incoherent and weirdly generic, as if it had been assembled from the spare parts of other movies and glued together with stuntwork. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonJun 10, 2021
Infinite was directed by Antoine Fuqua, who like this film is always very busy without any particular destination. Read full review
30
Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsJun 10, 2021
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. Read full review
30
VarietyPeter DebrugeJun 10, 2021
The more you start to nitpick this movie, the more innumerable its plot holes appear, until the whole thing collapses in on itself. Read full review
30
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaJun 10, 2021
There’s nothing wrong with silly, even mindless action movies. There exists a whole slew of ’em that are an absolute blast to watch. But they get by on their entertainment value. There’s nothing entertaining about Infinite. It just sits there, lifeless, hoping to become a full-blown franchise with sequels galore. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangJun 10, 2021
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. Read full review
30
The New York TimesDevika GirishJun 10, 2021
Infinite muddles around with some wishy-washy Eastern philosophy, and has mostly charmless actors (with the exception of Ejiofor, magnetic against the odds) duel and drive while mouthing exposition that lacks even a wisp of subtext. Read full review
25
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezJun 12, 2021
The premium placed on upmarket, glossy, muscular cars is so conspicuous that Fuqua scored buyback product placement cash. Elon Musk would surely be enamored. It’s essentially that kind of movie, “The Matrix” and Nolan-lite for dudes who check their bitcoin futures during the movie on their smartphones. Sick, bro. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineMark HansonJun 10, 2021
Symptomatic of the Marvel-ization of modern action cinema, the film seems to exist mostly as an advertisement for future product. Read full review
25
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 10, 2021
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. Read full review
20
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJun 10, 2021
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. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJun 10, 2021
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. Read full review
12
RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsJun 10, 2021
Rather than crafting a high-concept science-fiction marvel, Fuqua’s Infinite relies on shoddy VFX and ropey world-building for the worst film of his career. Read full review
10
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreJun 10, 2021
Infinite feels like a depressing fable about the movie industry. Read full review
More From This Movie

28 Critic Reviews

4.9 User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 81 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2 77 Project Hail Mary
3 75 Send Help
4 73 Hoppers
5 72 The Sheep Detectives
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL