Infinity System is a Sci-Fi Western written by Jonathan Yanez and Matthew Charles Hall and directed by Hall. It's the pilot episode of what I hope will become a series soon, because once you watch it, you want to know what happens next!
It opens on a crashed pod with a lone survivor (Christian Howard) who finds himself with the knowledge that he is stranded on a strange desert planet and little else-except his name: Wayne.
After burying his dead copilot, he wanders the arid planet. The alien sky is filled with multiple suns and moons, and in one shot Hall cleverly sells the unique environment with an overhead shot showing two shadows stretching across the sand. Eventually, Wayne meets a stranger in the desolate landscape, a friendly, helpful older man named Jeb (Jack E. Curenton), who tells him he's in the Infinity System and offers to take Wayne to town to see the doctor.
Apparently, he's crashed on a world that's being terraformed, and they're still in the early stages. The center of the operation is an old west-style town, complete with characters you'd find in a Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Western, including Jake (Torrey B. Lawrence), the town "protector" and Doc (Johanna Watts).
As the story unfolds, we discover that there's more going on than just a stranded traveler on an alien planet. Wayne has strange dreams. Jeb's daughter (Nique Marina)--who is also the sheriff-stops by to let them know Jake isn't taking their run-in the previous day well at all.
The conflict escalates to a point that appears to be the end... but the Infinity System is indeed more than it appears to be.
Infinity System is a well produced pilot with some stand-out performances by the cast, special effects that make you believe you're on another planet. It is absolutely something you would-and should-find on TV or any of the streaming services. Producers Hall, Yanez and Yanez have crafted a captivating, genre-blending tale and deliver on exactly what a pilot should do: leave you wanting more!
In some ways, it reminds me of the series The I-Land, but Yanez uses his sci-fi chops, honed over dozens of novels, to add another dimension that lays a big fat mystery at your feet in a world that-while in some ways is familiar-is also stacked with conflicts and questions that I'm dying to know the answers to.
Looking forward to more from Wolf Pack Entertainment.
