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Its good to see Australia producing quality flicks and Infini is certainly a competent sci fi. That said, this film could have delivered more with a little more care taken in the storytelling department.

Infini starts off well, seems to build towards something but then, inexplicably, seems to run out of ideas. The result is a somewhat listless film that fizzles out in the final third of the picture, meekly crawling towards its rather flat conclusion.

This is a real shame as there is otherwise, a lot to like. Good sets, well established atmosphere and a cast of capable actors. Not to mention nice special effects. If more care and attention had been paid to the script, this film could have been a real winner. As it stands, its only competent. Six out of ten from me.

This film borrows a lot from classic sci fi horror movies, you get some of the tech from alien, a little bit of Event Horizon, and has the claustrophobia of The Thing. For a movie made on such a low budget, its pretty good. Maybe not quite on the level of some of the films I've mentioned but still a lot of fun.

A group of colonial marines like characters start off on a search and rescue mission in a far away outpost. Who's alive? Who's dead? You don't really know at the start, but the movie takes its own twist which will be fun for sci fi fans. Its a little weak in the latter half of the 3rd act, too many repeating scenes. I think some things could've been cut.

Overall, its an enjoyable sci fi horror movie. It knows what it is, the actors play their parts well. And even though it borrows heavily from earlier works it still has a fresh ending. Worth checking out especially because this genre is sadly neglected.

Overall I think this was a good movie. The acting was convincing, the characters came across naturally and with conviction. It's not a complicated film to understand. You find out what goes on gradually as the characters do and that's a nice touch, keeping you in suspense as you don't quite know what's happening or what comes next. The movie pulls you into its world, the storyline was plausible as far as futuristic sci fi's goes, the characters kept you engaged and you felt for them as they struggled. I would recommend this film if you're a fan of sci fi's, and to those who aren't because it doesn't use silly effects to keep you engaged, it has just the right balance. Fun, entertaining mind twisting thriller.

WOW don't buy into the rating on this one.

This is very good science fiction. The characters are developed. The settings are first class. The best thing about this movie is the story.

The story is well paced and above average for a science fiction movie.

This isn't a A level title with Tom Cruise or George Clooney, but it's not far off the mark, and it uses the blood and violence to bring home a story that's real and heartfelt.

Real science fiction for real science fiction fans. Easy 7.

A team of elite soldiers travel to a remote outpost that is home to an indigenous life form. If you think you might like this movie it will exceed expectations.

This movie is just another set of clichés. Any sci-fi fan will immediately draw parallels with iconic sci-fi pictures, which makes it unbearable to watch, since these parallels are not for the benefit of the picture in question. One can easily guess what the end will be, what the next actions of all the personages will be etc. The acting is another catastrophe of the movie. It's linear, pale and rather amateur. The visual effects may seem decent in the beginning of the movie, but this hopes evaporates at the fifth minute of the time-line. Even antagonists (zombies or whatever you want to call them) lack visual realism and intimidation.

This movie had something in it which makes me ask why only 5.4/10 at IMDb... The movie has all ingredients to entertain, a good dialogue script, a very unique and an engaging plot, a proper ending, well portrayed expressions from all the actors. Somewhere in the movie you might think of set problems in the camera, sometimes you might try to predict the ending but this thing was way off all that, a total surprise.

Frankly speaking I found animation in a few incidents compromising, but the movie makes for all of it. This movie is way better than 80% Sci-fi stuff we usually find everywhere. Don't hesitate, a very good thriller to watch.

8/10 from my side.

'Infini' the independent Australian film made on low budget with most, maybe all of its actors doing their roles for free is an entertaining chunk of screen that has no shortages of head f@cks.

The film takes on the familiar style of Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus'. A group of scientists or in this case soldiers jump both feet in to the challenge that comes before them only to find themselves neck deep in grueling and unforgiving mess. This film requires you to invest. I found myself in its opening scenes being battered by unoriginal script writing and low grade acting that filled me with dis-contempt. However if you persist, are open minded and know how to watch films for what they are and not what you expect them to be. 'Infini' will hopefully, like it did me, leave you wanting more and more.

Only after stumbling upon a trailer of this film, post its date of release as listed on its IMDb page did I even know this film existed. Its under budgeted so that means under marketed. This film has room to evolve and expand but with such little funding, its hard to see these ideals becoming reality.

If you can keep an open mind and enjoy films for what they are then give 'Infini' your undivided attention. Its at times hard to follow, confronting and different. However keeping in mind its little budget, 'Infini' once its final scenes had finished, imprinted in my mind. I will be recommending this to others in time to come while I keep my eyes peeled for any word of what to is come of this sci-fi flick and the team that helped bring it to life.

I gave this two stars. One day this man that was in his second year studying Philosophy decided he wants to become a painter, but somehow manages to get into Film School instead. He's also slightly autistic. So yeah - he made a movie called "Infini". More than half of the movie I did not understand what they were talking about. Endless scenes that should't be there bored me to death. By the end of it I was getting restless and just wanted to gouge my eyes out already. There's something really wrong about this movie. I can't put my finger on it but I think the dialog is all messed up. Words keep coming out of the actor's mouth and they are not gibberish but by the end of the phrase you have absolutely no idea what has been said, what purpose does it serve or how exactly do those words help the viewer understand what is going on on the screen.

Limited budget done right.

My only negative point is, the script can't keep up the good promise it's building, in the final half hour. If these guys had the budget of one of the ultra boring new Star Wars movies, God knows what would have happened.

The blender references is actually a thumbs up. Take a bit of everything (horror, psychological and so on) and make it work. Love it.

The atmosphere is perfect, the entire movie, it's an art. The acting is good, not stellar, but nobody drags the movie down, so the entire cast delivers. Enjoyed it. CG are good and support the movie and it's not a movie build around CG.

Whoever did the music of the movie, I was sublime.

My thirst for this type of sci-fi movie will never be quenched. I think we all just crave space exploration/adventure/horror/suspense stories as long as they are well told and bother to work out the details as this movie did. I would say this is pretty good, not Aliens awesome but pretty engaging. I really liked the casting; no one looked familiar and that's okay - they did a very convincing job. The story was never cheesy. I found it pretty simple but it had integrity and kept my interest throughout till the surprise ending. I would definitely see a sequel especially if it explored more the time travel first responders angle as I got a rush from that.

This movie is hilarious...for it's intentionality. One can hear the exact tone, the exact signature of the approaching terminator in the soundtrack, the misplaced and disconnected Rutger Haur's brilliant guttural musing as he decides to save Decker, Kurt Russell's bemoaning buzz in the existential thick of it all, Ripley's emotionality as she realizes the Alien is locked in the escape pod with her, the creepy insanity of Event Horizon, and others, many others. This is a movie totally devoid of passion, soul and consistency. A B movie trying desperately to masquerade as an A movie, and the results are truly pathetic. Even Doom with the r(c)ock was far, far better, as was Supernova, as was Sunshine, as was... And as for Pandorum? Looks like a masterpiece compared to this piece of ungodly trash. I was trying to decide whether to rent The Gunman with Sean Penn or this one. The Gunman got way worse reviews on Rotten, IMDb, etc. And yet, how could it have been worse than this one? This is like "The Ghosts of Mars" on some kind of psych med that really mellows you out and makes you not care about anything or anyone, not now, not ever. It is numbness and emptiness and existential abandon all rolled into one celluloid nightmare of banality, commonplace and artistic ruin like a rotten sushi roll. Do you have values? Do you have integrity? Do you have a soul? I so, stay far, far away from this one.

As always I started weighing my choices of movies for the evening by consulting several movie-review sites, amongst which also IMDb. When I saw the 5.4 rating I thought it might be some kind of cheap-shot bad attempt at movie-making, however after going through some of the reviews here (most of which were actually encouraging) I decided to give it a try anyway. What I got was almost 2 hours of so much tension that afterward I realized I had literally not moved my face away from the screen during the whole movie. Personally I like this kind of sci- fi. The dark, claustrophobic, tense scenario provides for a genuine thrill. Character development is not very deep (it's not exactly that kind of movie), but is certainly not lacking. The production value is up to standards as well, good CGI but definitely not overdone (did not need to be overdone as no compensation for a lack of plot is needed). The movie reminds me a bit of Pandorum (2009) and Sunshine (2007). My only comments on the script/plot is that they could have cut several scenes short by a few sentences, which would not have resulted in any loss of quality and would have maybe improved the progression slightly. But I dare to say that Infini is better than 90% of the sci-fi stuff produced in the last 10 years. I absolutely loved this movie and would recommend it to any true sci-fi fan.

A team of marine types have to jump to a distant outpost to prevent a scientist who has lost his mind launching a bomb at Earth.

The plot is fairly basic but works well and gets our characters out to a spooky space station where something has gone horribly wrong.

It is hard not to compare this to "Event Horizon" or "Ghosts of Mars"

The film is made on a tight budget but brilliantly executed. The acting is very good and the production is very efficient.

A portion of this film is concerned with mental instability, and some of the best performances are of characters that have clearly lost their mind. I personally am not a fan of craziness and watching people "carrying-on" so I got a bit bored with it.

But just because this isn't my cup of tea doesn't mean you won't like it. A solid enough low budget SciFi - just spends too much time in people's heads for me.