Gemini Man

The technology of Gemini Man may be amazing, but the narrative is anything but.

The real mystery here: How did Lee and such a gifted cast and crew end up with such a vacuum? The plot bumps along from one ludicrous turn or gaping hole to the next.

Maybe it was a sign that this film was ill-fated when it took almost 20 years for it to get off the ground.

Like an assault on your eyeballs. Maybe you get used to it, but you shouldn't... Some of the action is fun, but it's really hard to get past the look of it.

For a movie so reliant on its 3D pizzazz, Gemini Man is two-dimensional in every other way.

Will Smith (x2) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead make for an engaging lead duo in the middle of a very intriguing scenario, but there are too many half-baked components for Gemini Man to make much of an impression.

It is easy to see that what Ang Lee wanted Gemini Man to be an action film that changed the face of cinema, what he has created though is a film so bad that it is likely to become a cult classic for the same reason The Room has become a must-see film

The clone story line is a cover story to deal with toxic masculinity in father and son relationships, but for armchair psychologists, there is an additional subtext of nurturing and reparenting your inner child, which I believe attracted Smith

Though the movie doesn't offer anything too surprising... there are brief moments of humor that compensate for the annoying solemnity and psychologism that sink the plot. [Full review in Spanish]

Ang Lee's attempt to deliver a groundbreaking film doesn't quite hit the mark. The 60 FPS HFR and the young version of Will Smith are occasionally jaw-dropping, but both technical aspects need years of improvement to be able to work seamlessly.