Infinity Pool
Directed by Brandon Cronenberg
- horror
- science fiction
- thriller
The story
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. A tragic accident leaves them facing a zero tolerance policy for crime: either you'll be executed, or, if you’re rich enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.
What it’s like
Sun-bleached and hallucinatory, with saturated resort blues and greens set against the scorched gold of the island, and a restless camera that drifts, zooms and lingers in uncomfortable close-up. Cronenberg frames luxury like a trap: pool shots are sleek and symmetrical, while the nights dissolve into strobing, neon-fringed haze, grainy handheld movement, and a pulsing electronic score that swells over near silence. The mood is queasy, dreamy and unmoored, closer to a fever than a holiday, and it suits a late-night watch alone or a sleepless, disorienting evening. Pacing is languid and then abruptly violent, with long stretches of drifting indulgence broken by brutal, graphic bodily violence, sexual content and explicit nudity, and frequent unsettling cruelty; it is not gentle. Emotionally it follows a privileged, unravelling couple whose self-regard erodes into dread and complicity. It is for viewers who want provocative body horror and sharp satire of wealth and excess, and who can handle sustained, deliberate discomfort.
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