Film Review: Gemini Man Confronts A Soldier’s Past
Gemini Man is your typical action film, which is both its weakness and strength. On one hand, it is being marketed as this epic, visual event. Young Will Smith versus Now Older Will Smith. In perspective, it is quite impressive and a step forward in the future of cinema, but it didn’t make the move feel as big and different expected.
In dynamic, Gemini Man feels like a cross between a “Choose Your Own Destiny” game and Grand Theft Auto. Imagine that! Would you like to to rob this bank or take Jake to the prom? Yet, this strange blend works, especially in 3D. Now, I’m not always the biggest fan of 3D because I don’t like think coming at my face, even when they are not real. Yet, Gemini Man felt more like a pronounced image; elevating the beauty and vastness of Ang Lee’s film. Moreover, who does not want to feel like they are riding a motorbike through the streets of Cartagena?
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Like many action movies, Gemini Man does try to touch upon serious, philosophical questions like, cloning, trauma, and the loss of moral ground that can occur when becoming a soldier. As Henry Brogan, Will Smith embodies the worn soldier; the one that has killed so many, he feels his own soul dying. You know that you are feeling the harm you have caused, when A) you pray for those you killed and B) you never look at mirrors. Both are things Brogan does, which allows Smith to humanize the weight of war. In the beginning, Brogan is DESPERATE to leave the DIA, but letting go of such a perfect assassin is NEVER easy in an action flick.
On the run with Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Danny Zakarweski and Benedict Wong’s Baron, admittedly, the conversations between the characters can feel slowly paced and deterring. There were times when I felt, ‘Enough chatter! Let’s get to the action!” While Wong’s Baron is funny and Winstead’s Danny is tough, but compassionate, which helps encourage Brogan in his journey to save his clone, Junior, their chemistry comes more in the action sequences; seeing how they cover each other through endangerments. Still, the movie goes to Will Smith’s Junior and his bond with villain Clive Owen’s Clay Verris.
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Owen’s Verris sums up every jerk, government official that believes the best of humanity is inhumanity. For his emotions are weakness, reason is unnecessary, and humanity is equivalent to weaponry. Hence, his dynamic with Smith’s Junior is totally endearing: a clone trying to quell the love he feels for a human being that cannot love even if he tries. He sees Verris as a father while Verris simply sees The Perfect . Their relationship questions what is humanity as Ang Lee gives the CGI Junior some of the most emotional arcs within this tale. It was a good move; making audiences impressed with how you can turn cinema visuals into rich sentiments. Gemini Man Comes Out October 11.
