In “Infinity Pool,” what happens in Li Tolqa stays in Li Tolqa, an impoverished country where, if they’re rich enough, foreign guests can literally get away with murder. But that’s not the half of it. Visitors hold grotesque, drug-addled orgies at which their genitalia appear to morph before your eyes. The locals host sick rituals, too, wherein miscreants are cloned and then forced to witness their own executions. And then there are the macabre Li Tolqan skin masks, which suggest generations of inbreeding, or maybe they’re just the half-salvaged faces of botched doubling experiments.
It would all be quite shocking were the film signed by anyone other than Brandon Cronenberg, the demented son of “Scanners” director David Cronenberg. I’m sure he’s a perfectly nice guy in real life, but hoo boy, if you’ve seen “Antiviral” or “Possessor,” you know: The kind of images Kid...
It would all be quite shocking were the film signed by anyone other than Brandon Cronenberg, the demented son of “Scanners” director David Cronenberg. I’m sure he’s a perfectly nice guy in real life, but hoo boy, if you’ve seen “Antiviral” or “Possessor,” you know: The kind of images Kid...
- 1/22/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
For his third feature outing, Writer/Director Brandon Cronenberg returns to the deep well of surreal, grotesque sci-fi horror. Cronenberg doles out heady, warped horror at the resort-set Infinity Pool, with its title a clue to the vanishing edges of reality. While more accessible and linear than the filmmaker’s previous effort, it’s no less compelling, audacious, and extremely violent.
James Foster (Alexander Skarsgård) hopes to find inspiration for his second novel at the all-inclusive resort in Li Tolqa with his wife Em (Cleopatra Coleman). Instead of jump-starting his writer’s block, the couple winds up lazing around the pool and enjoying the comforts of the resort nestled in a country dangerous for tourists. That is until he meets Gabi (Mia Goth), a massive fan of James’ sole novel. Gabi and her husband Alban (Jalil Lespert) entice James and Em on a day trip beyond the barbed wire fences of the compound,...
James Foster (Alexander Skarsgård) hopes to find inspiration for his second novel at the all-inclusive resort in Li Tolqa with his wife Em (Cleopatra Coleman). Instead of jump-starting his writer’s block, the couple winds up lazing around the pool and enjoying the comforts of the resort nestled in a country dangerous for tourists. That is until he meets Gabi (Mia Goth), a massive fan of James’ sole novel. Gabi and her husband Alban (Jalil Lespert) entice James and Em on a day trip beyond the barbed wire fences of the compound,...
- 1/22/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The rich, they are not like you and me. They treat the world as their oyster and, except for their fellow modern-day aristocrats, its occupants as their servants and playthings. They summer in private estates or swank five-star hotels, spending the gross national product of a small nation on vacations. They have a weakness for not only cloning themselves when they run afoul of little things like manslaughter laws — it turns out some countries offer this perk if you’ve got six figures to spend on it; be sure to check with your local embassy!
- 1/22/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Infinity Pool is a sci-fi thriller written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg, and starring Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth and Cleopatra Coleman.
The film is scheduled to release January 27, 2023.
Premise
While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror.
Director
Brandon Cronenberg
Brandon Cronenberg is a Canadian director and screenwriter. Born January 10th, 1980 in Toronto to parents David Cronenberg and Carolyn Zeifman. His debut feature film was ‘Antiviral’ (2012), and has since directed a number of films, among them the short but long titled ‘Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You’ (2019), and the feature film ‘Possessor’ (2020).
Cast
Alexander Skarsgård / James
Mia Goth / Gabi
Cleopatra...
The film is scheduled to release January 27, 2023.
Premise
While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror.
Director
Brandon Cronenberg
Brandon Cronenberg is a Canadian director and screenwriter. Born January 10th, 1980 in Toronto to parents David Cronenberg and Carolyn Zeifman. His debut feature film was ‘Antiviral’ (2012), and has since directed a number of films, among them the short but long titled ‘Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You’ (2019), and the feature film ‘Possessor’ (2020).
Cast
Alexander Skarsgård / James
Mia Goth / Gabi
Cleopatra...
- 12/23/2022
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
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