To me this not a dumpster fire as many people felt this as one. Story of Gemini Man is not that huge but still enjoyable and fun to watch.Â
It has great action sequences. The bike chase is my favorite. The chase scene felt like a fast-paced game of cat and mouse throughout a city. The younger Will Smith trying to smack older Will Smith is hilarious and breathtaking at the same time. The whole Will Smith vs himself is actually cool and done well. Their second battle, in the catacombs underneath Budapest, is a much more intense hand to hand combat fight. The battle is brutal in a way most of the fights in the rest of the film aren't, also kind of comical in the way it shot. Mary Elizabeth Winstead gets an intense fight which is cool. This sequence plays out more like a moment from a Bourne film than it does anything else Ang Lee has directed. After the second fight between two heroes (actually the same hero) the movie fells flat. From then the movie lost it's grip at least for me. I didn't like the climax battle of heroes vs Black ops that much compare to rest of fights.
CGI in this is fine so far except when Junior Will Smith is seen under direct sunlight. Especially at the very end the CGI face of Junior is terrible as if the post production is rushed. Except that visual effects worked great in this movie.Â
Despite having a good cast this movie does not give much to perform. Still Will Smith gains attention with his usual charm because he is Will Smith. I enjoyed seeing Mary Elizabeth in an action movie like this. Benedict Wong is totally unutilized. Clive Owen is fine as a villain.Â
Basic Plot-Â
Henry Brogan (Will Smith) an aging assassin tries to get out of the business. Henry was once a marine scout sniper then joined Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as an assassin. Henry is finest and best in the job very famous among the officials in DIA. The stuff he did started messing him. It hurt him deep in his soul and he decided to get some peace in his life. Henry is ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job but finds himself in the ultimate battle. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move.Â
Story (Spoilers) -
Henry's 72nd job is to kill a person in a moving train which he succeeds. But reality is he was tricked to kill a scientist who is a good guy but he didn't know about this. We see Danielle Zakarewski (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) as a Boat rental manager first but she is a DIA agent spying on Henry. Henry befriends her. DIA turns against Henry, Danny. They think Henry went rogue.Henry and Danny manages to escape. He then takes help of Baron (Benedict Wong) a piolet and former colleague. Clay Verris (Clive Owen) knows it is hard to kill Henry and suggests DIA official to use Gemini(top secret black ops unit) to assassinate him.Â
Fighting him off, to his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who's trying to kill him is 25 years younger, faster, cloned version of himself at the peak of his abilities.Henry finds about the cloning program and Clay's plan. Clay Junior is the adopted son of Clay. He then tries to capture Junior and change his mind about his father. Did finally Henry, Danny manage change Junior's perception and defeat Clay and other assassins, also is there any other clones is the climax.