Infinity Pool - Movie Review

Set on the idyllic island of La Tolqa, infinity pool follows the story of the Foster’s a vacation gone bad when a tragic accident exposes a disturbing sub culture of debauchery and horror at the hotel. This movie is a dive into the worlds of moral corruption and identity loss in the context of decadent tourism. Dark, surreal in tone, and sometimes weirdly funny and heavily laden in existential despair, Looper is provocative, troubling, and Alexander Skarsgård nails playing James Foster, a man going mad around chaos. Cleopatra Coleman and Mia Goth do effective work in their roles as well, adding more elements to the surreal experience they all have through their dynamic and unsettling performances.

Brandon Cronenberg’s direction is seamless: it blends psychological horror with social commentary. With his vision he paints a wondrous yet frightening view that remains. The films eerie atmosphere is complemented by its score and the tension, while intricate storytelling and narrative pacing keeps it tense the whole way.

The music is haunting and beautiful, all the right notes at the right moments, all the while contributing to the island’s unsettling ambience.

The cinematography is stunning and captures the lush oppressive atmosphere of the island. It represents the film’s them of duplicity and moral decay in the interplay of bright colors and shadows

The production design creates an authentic and immersive setting. Filmed in the opulently sinister resort that would become such a cool part of the film (with undertones of a chilling), special effects are utilized sparingly, but successfully, to enhance the film’s surreal element without feeling grafted on.

To continue playing on that sinister location, the film maintains a strange, surrealist feel, using special effects well, without overdoing it, to add to that jarring effect without influencing the believability of this truly strange story. There is a subtle use of CGI, not to distract from the story, but to actually help tell it.

The editing of Infinity Pool is crisp, deliberate, and carries an interesting story along which splits into the mundane and the supernatural. It is an excellent work for raising suspense and highlighting dramatic moments.

The film runs at a steady pace, revealing mysteries slowly without losing the pace. The audience is kept on edge in a gradual escalation of dread to work towards the film’s deeper meanings and the dialogue is sharp, often dark dark humor is laced into, reflective of the film’s underlying critique of moral degradation. Abstract and surreal storytelling is Infinity Pool’s strength, but also its weakness: some will find its approach and its storytelling hard to sink their teeth into.

It’s pure visual and narrative triumph, conversations are loaded with subtext, character development and thematic exploration is enhanced. Also, the film can be bewildering at times, making a viewer more bewildered than satisfied. Perhaps sadly, unlike an average thriller, Infinity Pool will be too avant garde for mainstream audiences to easily embrace.

Infinity Pool is a thrilling exploration of humanity and pleasure that is beautifully executed yet unsettling. Over the time, the film engages and challenges the viewers, with its haunting imagery and poignant themes leaving its imprint on the minds of the viewers long after the credits.