I watched Gemini Man last night. I like Will Smith and the idea of clones. It was OK but nothing to write home about.
Like the character he plays in Suicide Squad, The Gemini Man is a a crack shot. he never misses and can hit a target on a moving train from miles away! he's so perfect in fact that the clandestine agency he works for want more just like him. Send in the clones.
Alas the cloned Smith just looked off. The CGI was awry. There was something really unnatural about his mouth and it was a distraction. It reminded me of the terrible upper lip of Henry Cavill in Justice League, where DC had attempted to CGI out a tash he had to have for another film.
The Gemini idea has a long history on film. The Janus project springs to mind in Demolition Man, where Sly Stallone is brought back to fight his brother[?], a brutal criminal terrorising a gentrified future. I wonder if there were toys?
I'm sure you can think of more cop-agent clonings readers?
I thought you meant the Ben Murphy series of the 70's! Reboot of The Invisible Man.
ReplyDeleteDon't know that one Kev. Wasn't Ben Murphy a cowboy series actor?
DeleteHe was Kid Curry in Alias Smith & Jones. He went on to star in Gemini Man, in which he played a security agent who could become invisible for short periods. It followed on from an Invisible Man series that starred David McCallum.
ReplyDeleteAlias Smith and Jones was a good series. Yes, a Western, also starring Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes, two outlaws trying to go straight.
ReplyDeleteThere was a line of die-cast Demolition Man cars by Hot Wheels when the movie came out. Here is an article on them by Mike Pigott.
https://mikepigottsdiecasttoysandmodels.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/demolition-man-by-hot-wheels/
Sorry. I do not know what happened there. Comments on Alias Smith and Jones, and Hot Wheels models are mine.
ReplyDeletePaul Adams from New Zealand
Sorry, don't do Will Smith. I, too, thought of that wild TV miniseries from 1976 when I saw the name! Now that was worth watching!
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