“Gemini Man” (*** out of four) was a perceptive thriller in which an over-the-hill hitman (Will Smith) on the verge of retirement means a femme-fatale (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) which leads him back to underworld intrigue and he soon finds he has to square-off against a younger assassin version of himself (!) which was sent to kill by the top brass and factions (led by Clive Owen) of the C.I.A. Impressively done C.G.I. and visual effects authentically shows Smith acting and fighting against his younger self which looks exactly as he did almost 20 years ago! Underneath these eye-catch effects, however, film’s plotting is relatively conventional and ordinary with the expected twists and turns. Not the great film it could have been but still fast-moving and entertaining.

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