The Infernal Machine

"What he created will destroy him."

2022 1h 47m EN

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6.2

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37%

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5.5

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 317🥫37%Rotten Tomatoes★5.5IMDB · 5,116

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Synopsis

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Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his bestseller decades earlier. Cogburn's search for who is behind the manipulation and mental torment he encounters leads to an emotional roller-coaster ride full of fear and danger, where things are not always as clear as they seem to be, and where past deeds can have dire consequences.

“What he created will destroy him.”

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Cast

Guy Pearce
Bruce Cogburn
Alice Eve
Officer Higgins
Jeremy Davies
Elijah Barett
Alex Pettyfer
Dwight Tufford
Iris Cayatte
Us Marshall Perez
Rachel De Fontes
Copy Store Clerk
Ana Lopes
Woman at DCC
Georgia Goodman
Francesca

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andrew Hunt
Writers: Andrew Hunt
Languages: English, Italian, Portuguese
Countries: Portugal, United Kingdom, United States of America

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, Portuguese.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Portugal, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nathaniel Levisay. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeremy Wanek shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Guy Pearce and Alice Eve and Jeremy Davies carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "What he created will destroy him.".

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The take

Andrew Hunt directs. Nathaniel Levisay scores. Jeremy Wanek cuts. Produced in Portugal, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Italian, Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 4 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, Portuguese.
3International production across 3 countries: Portugal, United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Nathaniel Levisay. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jeremy Wanek shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Guy Pearce and Alice Eve and Jeremy Davies carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "What he created will destroy him.".
9IMDB entry: tt15275256 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Original score: Nathaniel Levisay
Editing: Jeremy Wanek
Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Infernal Machine (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes: 37% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 5.5/10 · 5,116 votes
MPAA: R

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CinemaSerf2022-12-03
★ 6/10
A lot of this reminded me of "Unhinged" (2020) with Guy Pierce here delivering a strong and characterful performance just as Russell Crowe did back then. Again, like that film, the rest of this story is weak and far-fetched, though. Pierce is reclusive British author "Cogburn" who finds himself being pursued by researching novelist "William DuKent". Initially hostile, for some reason he takes to calling this man from a local phone box and leaving his machine messages telling him to get lost. (Just quite why he doesn't just ignore him... well?). Anyway, this persistence unleashes in the writer the need for a dog and a bottle, and it's after a little too much one night he encounters a local law officer "Higgins" (Alice Eve) and the story lurches from a curious and intriguing personality analysis to a pretty ridiculous mystery centring around a mass shooting 25 years earlier in Knoxville for which "Tufford" (Alex Pettyfer) was incarcerated for life in a super-max prison. As the story starts to unfold, it becomes clear that strings are being pulled and that "Cogburn" is being manipulated. By whom and what for? Well we do find that out, but by the time we do the story has completely lost it's initial potency and become really quite contrived. Pierce does deliver well - he really does, but the squeakily-voiced Pettyfer exudes all the menace of a wet tea bag and the denouement, though quite revealing, is all just a bit poor.

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