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<em>Gemini Man </em>Is Splendidly Bizarre

Ang Lee applies cutting-edge tech to an old-school story that stars Will Smith as an aging hit man who must battle his cloned younger self.
Source: Paramount Pictures

As they get older and see the long arc of their career stretching out behind them, many great directors make movies about obsolescence, expressing their fear of getting left behind in a changing world. Martin Scorsese ; so did and . And now it’s the two-time Oscar winner Ang Lee’s turn. His latest Hollywood foray is , a splendidly bizarre piece of action filmmaking that encourages coming to terms with one’s age, even as its advanced high-frame-rate technology makes it look like a

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