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There are some movies that trend on Netflix simply because they are fun to rewatch. And then there are the ones that trend because, for some reason, they suddenly make more sense now than they did back when they were released. Infinite, starring Mark Wahlberg, feels like the second kind.

The 2021 sci-fi action film starring Wahlberg has shot up Netflix’s top ten list, sitting at number eight this week. And yes, it is packed with everything you expect from a Wahlberg vehicle. High-stakes action. Conspiracy. Close-ups of Mark Wahlberg squinting with intensity. But what is interesting is not that it is trending. It is why it is resonating again.

Infinite tells the story of Evan McCauley, a man who begins to suspect that his strange memories are actually flashes from past lives. He soon learns about the Infinites, a secret group of people who remember all their reincarnations. Evan, however, struggles to hold on to any of it. His identity slips away, and so does his place in this world of hyper-aware immortals.

At first glance, the film is all about spectacle. But when you sit with it, something else starts to emerge. This is not just a story about remembering who you were. It is about the fear of no longer mattering. The quiet dread of being forgotten. I have lived a hundred lives and still do not know if any of it was enough. And maybe that is why it hits harder now. Maybe that is why it feels more relevant in 2025 than it did in 2021.

Because for Mark Wahlberg, a man who has reinvented himself multiple times, from rapper to Calvin Klein model to leading man to businessman, the question of relevance is not just a plot point. It feels personal. There is something vulnerable in the way he plays Evan. The confusion. The frustration. The sense that time is slipping by faster than he can keep up.

Wahlberg has never been one to play the fragile hero. He is usually the guy who walks in with a plan, throws a punch, and saves the day. But here, he spends most of the film trying to understand who he even is. The gunfights are cool, sure, but the real tension is in the way his character starts to unravel. He was someone once. A warrior. A genius. A leader. And now he can barely hold on to his own name.

That hits differently when you are watching it in a world that feels more disposable than ever. Where every scroll buries the thing before it. Where even celebrities fight to stay relevant against the algorithm. In that sense, Infinite is not just about reincarnation. It is about trying to leave a mark when everything feels like it is fading.

When the film was released, it barely made a dent. It was dropped during a chaotic pandemic streaming schedule and was quickly lost in the noise. But now, it is circling back. Living a second life. And that, maybe, is the most poetic thing about it.

Because Infinite is not asking us to believe in past lives, it is asking us to think about what we leave behind. And in doing that, it gives us a version of Mark Wahlberg we rarely get to see. One who is unsure, searching, and quietly terrified that all of this might not last.

Turns out, the most human part of Infinite was hiding in plain sight.