11/5/2023 0 Comments Gemini movie cast![]() Collecting Danny, Junior sets up a trap for Henry, who is warned via a covert listening device hidden in Danny's mouth. Henry calls Lassiter, who agrees to send Junior to bring Danny safely back to the United States. Henry meets Yuri and learns of GEMINI's cloning project the man he killed on the train was a scientist who tried to leave the project, having designed a method to produce clones devoid of pain or emotion. Testing DNA recovered from Junior, Danny discovers that his and Henry's DNA are identical – Junior is Henry's clone. Danny suggests the assassin might be Henry's child, despite his denials.ĭesperate for answers, Henry has Baron obtain a Gulfstream and transport them to Hungary. Curious about his similarities to Henry, Junior is ordered to finish the job. Arriving at a safe house, the assassin is revealed to be Clay's adopted "son" Junior. Fighting him off, Henry realizes the assassin bears an uncanny resemblance to himself as a young man. Clay dispatches his top assassin to kill Henry. Henry and Danny escape to Colombia with Baron, Henry's former colleague, hiding at Baron's home and planning to meet with Yuri. Henry warns Danny, and they kill the assassins sent after them, realizing the agency wants them both dead. After his home is broken into by government agents, Henry calls his spotter, who is killed along with Jack and his mistress. In retaliation, agency director Lassiter plans to kill Henry Clay Verris, director of a rogue private military company codenamed "GEMINI", is denied permission to eliminate him.ĭeducing that Danny is a fellow agent sent to monitor him, Henry befriends her. ![]() Demanding proof, Henry has Jack arrange a meeting with Yuri. In Buttermilk Sound, Georgia, Henry meets boat rental manager Danny and reconnects with his old friend Jack, who reveals that an informant named Yuri claims that the target on the train was innocent. Disillusioned with killing, Henry retires. Henry's spotter warns him of a young girl approaching the target, causing Henry to delay his shot until the last second, shooting the man in the neck despite aiming for his head. Henry Brogan, a 51-year-old former Force Recon Marine Scout Sniper working as a killer for the Defense Intelligence Agency, is sent to assassinate a bioterrorist aboard a train in Belgium. It was also a box-office bomb, grossing $174 million against its $138 million budget, with Paramount losing an estimated $111 million. The de-aging of Smith and the high frame rate drew mixed responses. The film received generally negative reviews from critics for its plot and screenwriting, although the performances and action sequences were praised. ![]() Gemini Man was released on October 1, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on October 11, 2019. Filming took place from February through May 2018 using a high frame rate of 120 frames per second. In 2016, Skydance Media purchased the rights to the screenplay (which had been through several rewrites) from Walt Disney Pictures and, in October 2017, Ang Lee signed on to direct for Skydance with Paramount Pictures handling distribution. Several directors, including Tony Scott, Curtis Hanson, and Joe Carnahan, were attached at some point and numerous actors, including Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson and Sean Connery, were set to star. Originally conceived in 1997 by screenwriter Darren Lemke, the film spent nearly twenty years in development hell. The film follows a retiring Force Recon Marine scout sniper who is targeted by a much younger clone of himself while on the run from a corrupt private military company. It stars Will Smith in the main role, alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen and Benedict Wong. All in all, a solid Hollywood action film, it's no masterpiece, but very enjoyable.Gemini Man is a 2019 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Ang Lee. The plot takes a bit to kick in to full gear, but once it gets rolling, it's a thrilling ride some minor speed bumps. Will Smith, both young and old, delivers a very good performance as assassins struggling with their identity & place in the world, albeit in very different circumstances. The action is tense, with hard-hitting fight choregoraphy, as opposed to the "cut away" style many modern action films go with. And shots hold for much longer than the typical action film, often showing impressive long-take shots. ![]() The cinematography was also really well-done, there are some interesting shots, especially one panoramic shot of a train whizzing by. Young Will Smith is probably the best looking CGI de-aging effect I've seen in a film (until the last scene). I was lucky enough to be invited to a premiere screening of the film, in 60fps and in 3D (been a while since I've seen a film in 3D, and the framerate was distracting in very few scenes).
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