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Gemini Man - Movie Review

Seeing Double

Not the first time an actor has played a younger version of themselves with the help of motion capture. This is probably a first where the younger and older versions of the actor interact with each other so much. Will Smith does a great job of playing both parts.

Review

I am very happy to see an action film where you can see most of the action. I feel like the 2004 Battlestar Galactica series started a trend of shaking the camera during some great action scenes which has (in my mind) ruined action sequences because they are blurring the well choreographed scenes. I understand the need to have some blurred action when splicing shots together (see Atomic Blonde fight scene that appears to be one shot) but many movies (Marvel included) blur fight scenes to the point you don't know who is who (that is without 3D thrown in). This movie does a great job of keeping the actions pulled back to the point you can appreciate the action.

Yes, there is at least one scene where this is not the case but the burred action is not overdone in this movie. I enjoyed the story which had characters you could actually root for. Some might consider this a remake of Looper which people could argue. I am not one of these people as there is no time travel and both versions of the main character have their own paths.

Rating

I would rate this a solid HD movie. I would recommend adding it to your collection under $10. I was able to pick up my HD copy during a sale at UltraCloudHD for $9.

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