With some great characters and themes, Infinity Train: Book Two will cause any viewer to seek out the other seasons.
Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided us with a free copy of this Blu-ray/DVD that we reviewed in this blog post. The opinions we share are our own.
“Infinity Train: Book Two follows Mirror Tulip, an escaped reflection from the mirror world, and Jesse Cosay, a 14-year-old jock from Arizona. As the pair find themselves on the run from the mirror police, themes of identity, friendship and peer pressure arise.”
The Infinity Train series follows a set of different characters for each season, or Book, as they call it. Set on a series of trains where each one houses a strange self-contained world in which the characters have to complete some task in order to move to the next, each time having to face some traumatic event in their lives.
Book Two follows Mirror Tulip, or MT (Ashley Johnson) who is a fugitive on the run after breaking tradition and wanting a life of her own, instead of leading the life of Tulip’s reflection. Freed by Tulip in the first season, the series begins immediately at that point, so you don’t get much of an introduction into this world if you are just picking this up for the first time. MT makes her way into a train car occupied by Jesse (Robbie Daymond) who is seeking a way to improve his ‘number’ by doing good deeds and progressing through each train car. Brought together by their discovery of their other traveling companion, Alan Dracula, a magical, shapeshifting deer with all kinds of abilities, the trio make their way up the train, with each car offering some unique and sometimes dangerous experience they have to overcome.
As crazy as this plot sounds, if you’re like me, and introduced to the series blind at this point, it can be a lot to take in. That being said, there are a lot of things going for this show: the themes of friendship, self-discovery, and choosing the right path even though it may be more difficult. It’s a great message to a younger audience, and each train car offers a unique experience for the characters. But, by far, the best thing about this season has to be Alan Dracula. Although it’s just a silent deer that randomly displays some crazy new power every episode, he’s hilariously weird and unique, easily the favorite character.
The series has some amazing voice acting guests: Ben Mendelsohn, Bradley Whitford, Kate Mulgrew, Rhys Darby, Bill Corbet, and more you’d probably recognize.
Here’s an episode breakdown:
- The Black Market Car – Mirror Tulip tries to create a new life for herself outside the Mirror World.
- The Family Tree Car – Mirror Tulip and Jesse climb down a live family tree.
- The Map Car – Mirror Tulip tries to help Jesse get his number down.
- The Toad Car – Mirror Tulip and Jesse get stuck in a car and face an unusual dilemma.
- The Parasite Car – Mirror Tulip and Jesse gain an unexpected companion.
- The Lucky Cat – Mirror Tulip and Jesse enter a carnival car and have to compete for the exit.
- The Mall Car – Someone mysterious invites Jesse and Mirror Tulip into a mall car.
- The Wasteland – Mirror Tulip finds herself in the wasteland outside of the train.
- The Tape Car – Mirror Tulip searches for answers.
- The Number Car – Mirror Tulip fights for her right to make her own choices.
Video
Infinity Train: Book Two has only been released on DVD, with a Standard Definition transfer. If you have access to Warner’s new HBO Max, where everything seems to be these days, I’d suggest watching it there to have access to better quality, which is a real shame.
Audio
The audio is presented in Stereo. No special treatment for this, but the bare essentials.
Special Features
- Art Gallery
- 4 Animatics
- Commentaries
Infinity Train: Book Two has an interesting story with some fascinating characters and unique settings. Each episode takes you on a wild ride that tells a good message for the younger audience and surprisingly provides quite a few laughs along the way.
