Infamous tries to prove that it’s just not enough to be famous on social media. It’s about being more infamous.

The film stars Bella Thorne and Jake Manley in the millennial-generation themed Bonnie & Clyde story of Infamous. The two young lovers commit crimes and become famous in the process by posting their criminal exploits on social media.

Social media can prove itself to be a sick and twisted dark place. A few folks will try to be infamous by posting videos of violence, robbery, drugs or even cash. It may garner them millions of views and likes as to live out their fantasy lives vicariously through the sins of others.

After Dean (Manley) accidentally kills his father, he and Arielle (Thorne) run away from law enforcement by trekking across America. Arielle convinces her boyfriend that it was her dream to visit Hollywood. They agree to travel to Hollywood, but commit robberies along the way for survival. Arielle, addicted to social media, starts posting their criminal exploits on an Instagram-like social media account. Her videos and posts go viral, she becomes an addict to increase her base following of being infamous.

For Infamous, it is completely believable for some criminals brag about their exploits for the world to see. Eighty years ago, the real-life Bonnie and Clyde fit their profile by robbing banks, stores and gas stations across America. That couple loves the limelight by seeing their names printed in newspapers and become the talk in bars. So, it isn’t a far-fetch story for criminals posting on social media.

There are certain technical flaws with the story of Infamous. Despite the popularity of social media, law enforcement can easily track posts with pinging cell towers and social media sites will immediately ban accounts that try to infamous. Not to mention, Arielle’s boyfriend and others oppose her social media posts throughout the film but never bothered to stop her. And, who has time to post to social media in the middle of the robbery?

Despite these minor execution flaws, Infamous is a bit entertaining, but not that believable with certain aspects. I was wrapping my head around the fact that a couple barely getting by with small armed robberies can manage to eventually equip themselves with semi-automatic weapons. Or a social media fan would help them out knowing they killed a cop. Sometimes the story takes too much liberty into a fantasy.

Infamous is now playing in select drive-in theaters and available On Demand.

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Grade: C

Source: Vertical Entertainment