The Shadow That’s Haunting Will Smith
He’s still a movie star. But both of his latest films reflect an actor terrified of fading into obscurity.
by David Sims
Jan 25, 2020
3 minutes
This story contains spoilers for Gemini Man and Bad Boys for Life.
At the end of his 2019 action blockbuster , Will Smith battles a younger version of himself. Literally: He plays a retired assassin named Henry Brogan who finds out that he’s been cloned, and that sprightly double (created with de-aging technology) is now trying to eliminate his forebear. The film, directed by Ang Lee, was released last October; three months later, Smith returned to cinemas in , a long-awaited new entry in his buddy-cop franchise with Martin Lawrence. And
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