Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Infinity Pool’ Goes From NC-17 to R-Rating After Re-Edit

Last month, the MPAA slapped Brandon Cronenberg’s “Infinity Pool” with an NC-17 rating, but an appeal was said to be the next move.

This week the MPAA finally handed the film an “R” rating. The film’s previous “NC-17” rating has been annuled. “Infinity Pool” is said to have been re-edited to achieve the “R”.

The official warning stamped on the film by the MPAA states “Rated R for graphic violence, disturbing material, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use, and some language.”

Let’s hope Cronenberg’s vision was not compromised during the re-editing process, although, with those warnings stamped by the MPAA, it sure looks as though “Infinity Pool” will still bring on the shocks.

Cronenberg’s last film was the critically-acclaimed “Possessor”. That one premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and one might imagine “Infinity Pool” also having its first screening at Sundance this coming January.

In a recent piece I wrote, titled Reaction to Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Infinity Pool’ Hints at Another NC-17 Shocker, a reader sent a report from a test-screening that occurred for “Infinity Pool.”

Here’s the synopsis:

While on vacation at a resort located in some kind of vaguely defined fascist/authoritarian state, an author (Skarsgaard) leaves the area against the instructions of the staff and, while out on a handjob picnic, kills someone in a drunk driving incident. He is then taken to a prison where he’s told that, since he is rich, he can clone himself and have his double receive the death penalty instead of him.