Infinite Ends Soon Enough, Thankfully
A hodgepodge of ideas better executed elsewhere and dragged down by an uninterested lead actor.
Paramount +
Movies about “the one” a relative nobody who realizes they’re actually the only person capable of stopping a threat, defeating a villain, or saving the world had a good run from
The Matrix (1999) through numerous YA adventures in the two decades since. They’ve tapered off some in recent years, and I’d like to think it’s because people have realized how uninteresting the concept tends to be, especially when “the one” in question is just another boring white dude. Turns out that not everyone got that memo, though, as
The new Paramount Plus film directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor, is OK when it s serious, but when it s silly, it s a lot of fun.