Gemini Man
U/A: Drama/Thriller
Cast: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mary Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong, Theodora Miranne, Linda Emond
Director: Ang Lee
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Ang Lee's latest, long after his 'Life of Pi' high -- a long delayed project for which he came on board quite recently, has Will Smith playing dual roles as both a veteran assassin and his younger clone in an effects-overwhelming thriller. While Ang Lee appears to have taken a leap forward into ultra-modern cutting-edge action effects territory, Will Smith appears to be rekindling his action man persona for a friendlier run at the Box Office.

The Oscar winning (Brokeback Mountain) Director has Will Smith play an elite hit man drawn into a deadly showdown with his younger clone. It's an effects heavy representation with spectacular features provided by Peter Jackson's Weta Digital and Hollywood sci-fi legend Douglas Trumbull. So there's not much to crib about as far as the action spectacle goes. It's the underdeveloped script and thin high-concept plot that raises issue here. The assassin who self-admittedly is deathly allergic to bees is shown lying on a sunny hillside in Belgium to shoot dead his Russian target through the window of a passing express train. Isn't that a little stupid and totally illogical? Well how else will you have him display his unassailable skills, you may well ask??