Infinite Storm

Granted, I hadn't even heard about the 2022 drama thriller "Infinite Storm" from writer Joshua Rollins prior to sitting down to watch it. However, with it being a movie that I hadn't already seen and it having a fairly interesting enough synopsis, of course I opted to watch what director Malgorzata Szumowska had to offer. I will say that the movie started out quite alright and was interesting enough for the majority of the playing time. However, while the story upon which the movie is based definitely is impressive and outstanding, then this 2022 movie just didn't cut it. Sure, it was watchable, but that was about it, because it was ultimately a fairly bland movie. The storyline started out okay and had some interesting things along the way, however, I have to say that I never felt that neither Pam (played by Naomi Watts) or John (played by Billy Howle) were ever truly in any real danger, and the entire rescue trek down the mountain just felt rushed and superficial. The acting performances in the movie were adequate, but I never was left with a wow sensation from the acting performances on the screen. Don't get me wrong here, because the actresses and actors performed adequately enough, but I just wasn't bedazzled or impressed by what I saw. Visually then "Infinite Storm" was good, but visual effects and such just didn't really have much of any real important impact on the movie. Sure, it added the element of the blizzard and the fury of nature, but that was about it. For me, then Malgorzata Szumowska's 2022 movie "Infinite Storm" came and went without much of a lasting impression. And once the blizzard settles and the snow is on the ground, this was essentially just a somewhat bland movie experience. My rating of "Infinite Storm" lands on a four out of ten stars.

Stay away from the fake reviews. This is doomed from scene 1. Which person in a proper state of mind will go out hiking when the weather is bad and continues when it gets worse? It's our dumb female lead, walking and screaming hello and whistling. Ok, it's a movie. So what. Spare us this trash. Just skip this one and watch a cartoon instead.

If she had made the decision to just leave him for dead this movie would have been more tolerable, much shorter runtime and had a far better ending. But sometimes we make wrong choices. Like watching this movie.

The universe is an infinite storm of beauty and sadness. Based on a true story, we have a survival drama about a climber who tried to save a man and herself from a blizzard. As part of the genre where the main character overcomes trauma through others, even though Infinite Storm is not deeply profound like Drive My Car, it was still had its impact. The first 2/3rd was just the rescue part. The pacing was very slow, but there's compensation from the beautiful shots of the snowy mountains. However, Naomi Watts's solid performance was the main factor that invested me in the whole rescue mission. After that, the story transitioned into the personal overcoming that it actually set out to be. The background of the characters were depressing, and I liked how the characters connected with each other. However, this transition felt abrupt, as it should have been more gradual like how Drive My Car did. The pacing here also picked up, but it was too quick. The structural and pacing problems reduced the strong impact that this movie could have achieve. Overall, I liked the message and the performance, but the story's structure hindered the movie. 7-7.5/10.

I'm sure that everyone involved with this project had very good intentions and that the real events in which the story is inspired must have been way more engaging, but the end result is rather dull and unremarkable. I feel almost guilty to describe such a well intentioned story like boring and not engaging, but unfortunately that's what I felt while watching it. I kept waiting for a twist or a reveal that would add tension or emotion to an otherwise rather dull story of survival, but it didn't happened. The fact that "John" acts like an idiot almost all the time didn't help.