Starring: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, and Benedict Wong
*mild spoilers possible
Summary:
An excuse for Will Smith to fight a younger, CGI version of himself. Henry Brogan, an elite assassin, just wants to retire, but his government handlers aren’t thrilled with that idea. They send the best of the best to kill him. Surprise, it’s his clone.
Additional Comments:
- If they truly wanted him dead, a little cyanide in a drink among friends woulda done the trick but that would have taken away the excuse to make the movie.
- Also, these days, they coulda sent a drone to bury him with a missile. Oh, probably not subtle, but neither is sending a team of assassins.
- Danny (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Baron (Benedict Wong) are both fun characters, but the movie could probably have happened without them. Baron had most of the funny lines.
- Computer graphics had some shining moments and some missed opportunities.
- My criteria for most movies is entertain me. I gave the movie 4 stars because it accomplished that objective.
- Action 4/5: The motorcycle chase was exciting. The last battle was cool.
- Script 3.5/5: I may be unduly biased by reading the negative critics views, but the script itself isn’t exactly something to rave over.
- I have serious issues with the way they handled the depictions of the science. For the record, you cannot get full DNA workups done in 2 hours, no matter who you’re paying and no matter how much. (Unless that part of science has taken some quantum leaps in the last 7 years, I’ve done those tests and it takes 1-2 days minimum. Even working around the clock, the actual test runtime is probably 12 ish hrs.)
Conclusion:
The movie may be suffering under the weight of its own expectations. It was okay, but it could have been more in so many ways.
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