All the while, warm and genial robot Howard doesn't have much to say about any of this. and again, giving Infinity Chamber its claustrophobic vibe. This sequence, which supposedly explains Frank's imprisonment, repeats itself again. Immediately after, Frank abruptly wakes up once again in his little chamber with only the company of Howard, an assigned machine companion who's reminiscent of 2001: A Space Odyssey's Hal, Interstellar's Tens and Moon's Gerty. ![]() While Frank Lerner (Christopher Soren Kelly) tries to leave his forsaken locked-up space, he's panged with lucid dreams of sitting in a quaint coffee shop and speaking to a charming barista named Gabby (Cassandra Clark). Regardless, its cerebral story immerses you deeply enough to root for the main character through the finish line while he plays a posthuman version of escape-the-room.Īnd if you make it to the climax, you're in for a treat.Ĭonstructed with an impressively low budget of just $125,000, partially funded by Kickstarter, director Travis Milloy's perplexing film experiments with a complex plot that'll test your ability to predict endings - and your patience. There's a foreboding backdrop, clear integration of humanity and technology and an intelligent protagonist who appears to be the voice of reason while grappling with a curious dilemma. When he attempts to break out of the prison cell, weird things happen - and by the third scene, you'll probably experience deja vu from the day you watched Ex Machina or Moon.Ģ016's Infinity Chamber - currently streaming on Amazon Prime - essentially follows everyone's favorite "mysterious sci-fi movie" template. He has a sarcastic robot guard for company. A man wakes up in a room with walls made of metal, no windows and no earthly idea how he got there.
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