Infinite

Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he’s never visited. He drifts between ordinary days and flashes of impossible feats, all while fighting a creeping sense that his mind is breaking. Then a secret cadre calling itself the Infinites steps in, offering an explanation and a lifeline: his memories and abilities belong to a lineage of reincarnated soldiers who live across time. With his sanity under siege, Evan must decide who to trust and why these visions are pulling him into a shadowy war that could reshape his fate.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, Infinite adapts D. Eric Maikranz's The Reincarnationist Papers; the screenplay credits include Todd Stein and Ian Shorr. It arrived in 2021 from Paramount Pictures, led by Mark Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Box office performance was modest for a big budget sci fi release, with the film earning its keep through an international run and streaming connections, rather than a blockbuster theatrical haul.

While not a cultural phenomenon, Infinite taps into familiar sci fi threads such as memory as power and predestined paths. The concept of Infinites and reoccurring identities invites conversations about choice, fate and the price of collapsing time into a single lifeline.

Critics offered mixed takes, noting the premise packs a sleek action punch but sometimes folds under exposition. Core themes circle identity and memory, asking how much of who we are is shaped by experience versus design.