'Gemini Man' review — Geminis are the crazy ones
Will Smith plays an assassin whose retirement is put on hold when the government sends his clone to take him out in Gemini Man
One-sentence review: Gemini Man applies new filmmaking technology to action well, but a thin and boring story makes it not worth the price of admission.
Details: ? Ang Lee // ?? U.S. // ⏳ 117 minutes
The cast: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Benedict Wong, Clive Owen
Where to watch Gemini Man: Now playing in theaters.
In recent years, Ang Lee has become obsessed with testing the limits of filmmaking technology. In particular, he’s been playing with 3D — Gemini Man and his two movies before it were all shot specifically for 3D — and high frame rates. Most movies are shot and shown in 24 frames per second, which delivers the cinematic quality we’re used to — everything doesn’t quite look real. That’s because you perceive the world without gaps in your vision. When something is filmed, you’re literally missed parts of the image.
However, Gemini Man was filmed in…