Taglines: Viral fame is a dangerous game.
Infamous Movie Storyline. Living in a small Florida town and working at a diner was never Arielle’s (Bella Thorne) dream life. She’s always wanted more. Fame. Popularity. Admiration. When she falls for a recently paroled young criminal named Dean, she drags him back into a life of danger, learning that posting their criminal exploits on social media is an easy way to viral fame.
Obsessed with their rising number of followers, they embark on a dangerous adventure together that leads to robbery, cop chases and even murder. Heading to Hollywood, the City of Stars, they will realize what it takes to become famous and have to decide if this dangerous lifestyle is really worth it.
Infamous is a 2020 American crime thriller film written and directed by Joshua Caldwell. It stars Bella Thorne, Jake Manley, Amber Riley, Michael Sirow and Marisa Coughlan. It follows the story of two young lovers robbing their way across the southland, posting their exploits to social media, and gaining fame and followers as a result. The film was released on June 12, 2020, by Vertical Entertainment, and received negative reviews from critics. However, Thorne’s performance received critical acclaim and was cited as the highlight of the film.
In February 2019, it was announced Bella Thorne had joined the cast of the film, then titled Southland with Joshua Caldwell directing from a screenplay he wrote before the title was changed to Infamous. In May 2019, Jake Manley joined the cast of the film. In July 2019, Amber Riley and Michael Sirow joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began in July 2019, taking part in Guthrie, Oklahoma and other smaller towns around the state.
About the Story
In Florida, Arielle lives with her mother Janet. Janet has a boyfriend named Bobby who is pretty much a bum. Arielle enjoys being on social media and has few followers. One night, she goes to a party where she gets into a fight and beats up a girl while everyone at the party films the fight and post it on social media. Arielle immediately gets 147 new followers.
Dean Taylor is new to town and stays with his dad. Arielle meets him while he is working on his car. They spend time together at a party, where Dean reveals he was in prison for armed robbery and assault, and that his parole requires him to be with his father since his mother is dead. His father is an abusive drunk. She tells him how badly she wants to get out of Florida and go to Hollywood to be famous.
One day, Arielle finds all her saved money missing. Right away, she bursts into Janet’s room where she and Bobby are in bed. Arielle blames Bobby of stealing her money and attacks Bobby, but Bobby pushes her and she hits her head against the wall. Arielle leaves after threatening to kill him. She goes to Dean’s home and finds his father beating him.
Arielle tries to intervene but again gets hit on her head after getting thrown to the ground. Dean fights his father who ends up falling down the stairs and dies after hitting his head. Arielle and Dean begin to leave town right away but realizing that they have no money, they decide to rob a gas station with Dean’s gun. Arielle livestreams as Dean commits the robbery. Dean is unaware of being live streamed.
Arielle sees that her social media account has three thousand followers. Dean gets angry when he comes to know that Arielle has been live streaming their crimes, but Arielle says she used IP blocker and didn’t show their faces. She says it will lead to fame and money. Still short on money, Dean suggests they rob a dispensary next. This time, Dean films as Arielle does the robbing.
With more crimes filmed, Arielle’s account gets over three million followers and also have enough money than they actually needed. Eventually, the police identify them and Dean and Arielle see their faces on the news. Dean is angry about the social media, but Arielle is elated to be famous. On the road, they get pulled over, and Dean tells Arielle not to start anything. When the officer goes to check their IDs, Arielle gets out of the car and shoots the officer.
Arielle and Dean go into hiding for a while and this leads to Arielle losing her subscribers and followers. Dean and Arielle get into an argument where Dean tries to make her realize about how serious of a crime she committed whereas Arielle says that she did it for him but Dean disagrees as he thinks she did it for fame. Even though they have enough money and do not need anymore, Arielle still goes off on her own to commit a robbery at a gas station and accidentally kills a customer who walks in startling her. The clerk gets a chance to grab gun and begins firing. He hits Arielle in the shoulder, but is able to flee back to Dean.
Dean is extremely upset that everyone now knows where they are. The police have found them and thus begins a car chase and a shootout. They realize that they left their money behind. Once they get away from the police, Dean removes the bullet from her shoulder. Arielle takes pictures of her wounds for her followers, making Dean angry again. Arielle says it’s what fate did, and Dean blames Arielle for the whole situation since her coming over led to his dad’s death. Arielle slaps him repeatedly and then kisses him. They stop fighting and realize they need to ditch their truck.
Infamous (2020)
Directed by: Joshua Caldwell
Starring: Bella Thorne, Jake Manley, Amber Riley, Michael Sirow, Marisa Coughlan, Aaliyah Muhammad, Madi Bready, Rose Lane Sanfilippo, Joey Oglesby, Jennifer Rader, Hayley Saltford, Shannon Moree Smith
Screenplay by: Joshua Caldwell
Production Design by: Mark Bankins
Cinematography by: Eve Cohen
Film Editing by: Will Torbett
Costume Design by: Jillian Bundrick
Set Decoration by: Ashley Stewart
Music by: Bill Brown
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Distributed by: Vertical Entertainment
Release Date: June 12, 2020 (United States)
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