I love watching the coming attractions when I go to see the movies. Some get me excited. (I’m stoked about seeing the new Terminator movie.) When I saw the preview for Gemini Man, it looked interesting. A man is hunted by his own clone. Little did I know that I had basically seen the entire movie. I hate to spoil it for everyone, but it’s basically true.
Henry Brogan (The older Will Smith character) is a sniper who realizes that it’s time to quit. He’s starting to grow a conscience. His boss hates to seem him go, as Henry is the best. Shortly after retiring, he realizes something is up. There’s someone new working at the marina. A friend gives him information that his last target wasn’t a terrorist. Suddenly, a guy on a motorcycle starts hunting him. Who could it be? Oh, that’s right. I saw the coming attraction. It’s Junior, the Will Smith clone.
The two have several engagements and eventually hunt down the people doing this to them. I was kind of hoping that this might mean some nice action scenes. It didn’t. There was some nice scenery. This made the use of a high frame rate and 3-D worth it. Being able to see it in Dolby didn’t hurt, either. But this is basically the only good thing I can say about the movie. When all a movie has going for it is the visual spectacle, it’s not a particularly good movie.
I kind of felt like the movie put all it’s money into getting a few big names and some good visuals. There’s very little about the morality of what happened. Instead, it focuses on the revenge aspect. Yes, I know it’s difficult to come up with great movies all the time. I’ve been seeing a few mediocre ones lately. But this one is like the writer wasn’t even trying. You know how people complain that cable has 400 channels and most of them are crap? This isn’t one of the good channels.
There’s nothing really new or exciting about this movie. Clones aren’t new. Being replaced isn’t new. I don’t recall that many witty one-liners. You’d be better off just watching the coming attractions a few times. Save yourself the ticket price.
Henry Brogan (The older Will Smith character) is a sniper who realizes that it’s time to quit. He’s starting to grow a conscience. His boss hates to seem him go, as Henry is the best. Shortly after retiring, he realizes something is up. There’s someone new working at the marina. A friend gives him information that his last target wasn’t a terrorist. Suddenly, a guy on a motorcycle starts hunting him. Who could it be? Oh, that’s right. I saw the coming attraction. It’s Junior, the Will Smith clone.
The two have several engagements and eventually hunt down the people doing this to them. I was kind of hoping that this might mean some nice action scenes. It didn’t. There was some nice scenery. This made the use of a high frame rate and 3-D worth it. Being able to see it in Dolby didn’t hurt, either. But this is basically the only good thing I can say about the movie. When all a movie has going for it is the visual spectacle, it’s not a particularly good movie.
I kind of felt like the movie put all it’s money into getting a few big names and some good visuals. There’s very little about the morality of what happened. Instead, it focuses on the revenge aspect. Yes, I know it’s difficult to come up with great movies all the time. I’ve been seeing a few mediocre ones lately. But this one is like the writer wasn’t even trying. You know how people complain that cable has 400 channels and most of them are crap? This isn’t one of the good channels.
There’s nothing really new or exciting about this movie. Clones aren’t new. Being replaced isn’t new. I don’t recall that many witty one-liners. You’d be better off just watching the coming attractions a few times. Save yourself the ticket price.
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