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The Infernal Machine

- What he created will destroy him.

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.

Release Date : 2022-09-23

Language :EnglishItalianPortuguese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Filmology FinanceMoviebox

Production Country : PortugalUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Guy Pearce

Character Name : Bruce Cogburn

Original Name : Guy Pearce

Gender : Male

Alice Eve

Character Name : Officer Higgins

Original Name : Alice Eve

Gender : Female

Jeremy Davies

Character Name : Elijah Barett

Original Name : Jeremy Davies

Gender : Male

Alex Pettyfer

Character Name : Dwight Tufford

Original Name : Alex Pettyfer

Gender : Male

Iris Cayatte

Character Name : Us Marshall Perez

Original Name : Iris Cayatte

Gender : Female

Rachel De Fontes

Character Name : Copy Store Clerk

Original Name : Rachel De Fontes

Gender : Male

Ana Lopes

Character Name : Woman at DCC

Original Name : Ana Lopes

Gender : Female

Georgia Goodman

Character Name : Francesca

Original Name : Georgia Goodman

Gender : Female

Bella Alexandras

Character Name : Samantha

Original Name : Bella Alexandras

Gender : Male

Gary Anthony Stennette

Character Name : US Marshal Hopkins

Original Name : Gary Anthony Stennette

Gender : Male

Ben Temple

Character Name : Detective Jones

Original Name : Ben Temple

Gender : Male

Oliver Ritchie

Character Name : Waiter 1

Original Name : Oliver Ritchie

Gender : Male

Maria de Sá

Character Name : Waiter 2

Original Name : Maria de Sá

Gender : Female

Paula Lobo Antunes

Character Name : Stagemanager

Original Name : Paula Lobo Antunes

Gender : Female

Rocco Salata

Character Name : Detective Smith

Original Name : Rocco Salata

Gender : Male

Joel Abadal

Character Name : Young Dwight Tufford

Original Name : Joel Abadal

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-12-03

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.