“Infinity Pool” is Brandon Cronenberg’s latest science fiction horror film, with loads of body horror elements and sheer decadence. Following a struggling author, James Foster, and his wife, Em, the film presents the couple at a holiday island resort where they are tied up in a murder case, and their lives turn upside down soon after. There are plenty of intriguing elements in “Infinity Pool,” perhaps some that even confuse rather than explain, but the film’s visuals and its overall charm make these elements the most enjoyable parts of it.

‘Infinity Pool’ Plot Summary: What Is The Film About?

James and Em Foster visit a luxurious and expensive vacation resort named Pa Qlqa, located in a fictional island country called La Tolqa. James is or tries to be, a writer by profession, having written just one published book some six years ago and still looking for inspiration and ideas for a second one. It is particularly for this reason that he and Em have come to La Tolqa, hoping that a change of scenery might help. Although Pa Qlqa happens to be a resort regularly visited by rich American and European guests, the rest of La Tolqa still seems underdeveloped and, therefore, dangerous for the guests to visit. It is, in fact, the resort’s strict rules for its guests that they are not allowed to go outside of the grand and organized resort premises. But on the outside lies a country quite ruthless and barbaric in its laws and society, one that is very lucrative for some of the Western guests. One such guest is a young woman named Gabi, and her husband, Alban, who visit the country every year. Introducing herself as a great fan of James’ book, Gabi befriends the couple and invites them to dinner. The next morning, she and Alban decide to drive out into the countryside in a rented car and ask James and Em to join them. Although Em is cautious about the invitation, for it is not even allowed for them to step outside of the resort premises, James already seems impressed and somewhat attracted to Gabi. As Em says, he is just too happy to have found a reader and fan of his work. However, this attraction does turn physical very soon, as Gabi approaches James at their countryside picnic when he is by himself and masturbates him.

Em and Alban have no idea of this development, and the four start to drive back to the resort that evening with James at the wheel of the car. It is during this time that James accidentally hits a local resident on the road, instantly killing him, and the four decide to flee the scene. Although they do make it back to the resort safely that night, the very next morning James and Em are arrested by the police. Taken to the local police station, the whole situation is made very clear to them—James has been found guilty of killing the local farmer, for everyone else had admitted to this. The rule of the country punishes such a crime by letting the eldest son of the victim kill his father’s murderer as an act of revenge. Shocked and scared for his life, James asks for help from the detective, Iral Thrash. It is now that Thrash reveals that La Tolqa also has a unique rule—it allows foreign tourists in such trouble to pay a hefty price and get a clone replica of themselves made, which would be executed in place of them.