With the curse of development hell leading to many hands being involved in various rewrites over the film’s 20 year history, the story at the heart of the movie never really gets to fully take root. Performances only go so far in the world of Gemini Man, however, and even with a cast of talented supporting actors, the script’s obvious flaws are too huge to ever truly go away. Should the movie have continued down this path, we could have had the best “assassin with a conscience” adventure since 2004’s The Bourne Supremacy, with Smith very easily occupying the role of an unwitting Treadstone operative.Īs creative as the technical side of Gemini Man’s central duality is, it wouldn’t have been as effective if it wasn’t for the acting that Smith, and his younger body double Victor Hugo, puts in on both sides. Smith’s Henry starts unveiling something bigger than him when he decides to retire, and soon enough loose ends are being tied up in clandestine raids and easily covered deaths. In the beginning, Gemini Man starts to take on the form of a conspiracy thriller that feels very much in the vein of the Bourne franchise. Which leads Henry to go on the run with friends old (Benedict Wong) and new (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Touted as a man with all of Henry's strengths, yet none of his emotional baggage, Junior is on the clock to kill his target after he decides to retire as a triggerman for the government. Gemini Man pits Henry (Will Smith) against Junior (Smith again, with Victor Hugo standing in as his on-set reference actor), a genetic clone created from his DNA 25 years ago by his shady ex-commanding officer (Clive Owen).
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