{"id":24097,"date":"2021-06-11T09:15:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T09:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=24097"},"modified":"2021-06-11T11:59:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T11:59:27","slug":"infinite-review-mark-wahlberg-stars-in-ridiculously-bland-rip-off-of-the-matrix-and-assassins-creed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=24097","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Infinite\u2019 Review: Mark Wahlberg Stars in Ridiculously Bland Rip-off of \u2018The Matrix\u2019 and \u2018Assassin\u2019s Creed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Antoine Fuqua and Mark Wahlberg should be happy that Paramount sent this misfire straight to streaming, where it can be forgotten in peace. Rumor has it that Antoine Fuqua and Mark Wahlberg were caught off guard \u2014 and understandably pissed \u2014 when Paramount announced that it was scuttling the planned theatrical release of the \u201cShooter\u201d duo\u2019s new action movie, and debuting it instead on Paramount+, an embryonic streaming platform that currently seems to have more episodes of \u201cThe Office\u201d than it does paid subscribers. In hindsight, Fuqua and Wahlberg might come to see this bit of COVID-era corporate synergy as a blessing in disguise: At least they\u2019ll have a good excuse when no one remembers \u201cInfinite\u201d in three months. Or six weeks. Or tomorrow.<\/p>\n

That may sound harsh, but in some respects it may not be harsh enough. For one thing, it really is that easy for a would-be summer blockbuster to sink into the bottomless abyss of streaming content, never to be heard from again. For another, \u201cInfinite\u201d is derivative to the point that it can be hard to remember what you\u2019re watching even while you\u2019re watching it. A lukewarm soup of second-hand tropes that\u2019s served in a portion too small to satisfy even the least discriminating thirst for slop, \u201cInfinite\u201d borrows so much from such obvious sources that it never bothers to establish an identity of its own.<\/p>\n

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