An essential comedy for fans of fantastic cinema
We live in times in which it is increasingly common for films to be released that are well over 2 hours long and even over 3 hours long, so I’m sure many will appreciate finding much shorter titles and easy to fit into any free time you have during the day.
Today I am going to talk to you about one of them, because the wonderful ‘Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes’ (known internationally as ‘Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes’) is available to watch online (specifically, it is on Filmin) and its sequel just finished to also reach streaming. Directed by Yamaguchi Boardwas one of the great surprises of the genre and is now an absolute cult title.
Why it is worth seeing
The premise of ‘Beyond Infinite Minutes’ is as simple as it is suggestive: The owner of a café sees himself talking to himself from his computer screen, but it is also a version that speaks to him from two minutes in the future. A minimal temporal difference but one that will be exploited with great results, becoming one of the best time travel films in recent cinema.
Furthermore, those responsible for ‘Beyond the Two Infinite Minutes’ prefer to provide the film with a comical approach most accurate and which also at no time is an excuse to be lazy in the plot. And ingenuity is one of the main hallmarks of this Japanese production, knowing how to surprise the viewer and even introducing a certain reflection on the extent to which we are chained to our destiny.
All this with an additional incentive: ‘Beyond the two infinite minutes’ is presented as a huge sequence shotwhich helps the viewer become more immersed in the story and even generates a certain amount of tension over the idea that they may not be able to maintain continuity between everything that is being proposed in such a small space.
It is true that Junta Yamaguchi’s work can be a bit bizarre, especially in its final section, and that it requires certain leaps of faith (where do they buy those kilometer cables?), but in general terms it stands out for being a very measured film despite to his apparent tendency to lack control and also Its scant 70 minutes of footage fly by.
As to its sequelhere it has been released directly in streaming without going through theaters with the title ‘Stuck in an infinite loop’, although its international title is ‘River’. It’s not that short but it only lasts 86 minutes and repeats the same creative team. You can find it for rent on platforms like Movistar+, Filmin or RakutenTV.
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