It was one of those films that were made for the big screen but ultimately failed to attract anyone to the cinema. You didn’t buy a ticket and “Gemini Man” is still on your watch list? Then take a look at ProSieben today.
“Gemini Man‘ by master director Ang Lee (“Tiger & Dragon”, “Life Of Pi”) is one of the most ambitious Hollywood films of recent years – at least on a technical level. The sci-fi actioner not only lured with lead actor Will Smith and the first human film character created entirely on the computer (a younger version of Smith), but was also in a so-called High frame rate filmed – and thus differs from almost all other cinema films that you otherwise get to see.
The film was shot at 120 frames per second, giving it an incredible depth of field full of detail unheard of in other blockbuster movies. Strictly speaking, “Blockbuster” is not quite right in the case of “Gemini Man”: With pure production costs of 138 million dollars, the film was quite expensive to make, but it was not a great success at the box office. With a worldwide box office of only 173.5 million dollars, Studio Paramount ended up with a fat loss if you include the marketing costs in the calculation.
If you’re one of the many movie fans who may have heard about “Gemini Man” but didn’t end up buying a ticket for him, tonight is your chance to catch up on what you missed: ProSieben shows “Gemini Man” on April 9, 2023 at 8:15 p.m. …
… and we can definitely recommend taking a look. Sure, statements like “A must-do in 3D” or “It’s just completely wrong to watch this sci-fi thriller on TV” underscore the fact that “Gemini Man” is, above all, a unique visual experience that’s best enjoyed should have done in the cinema. Doesn’t matter. 3.5 stars in the official Wikitexte review are definitely argument enough to give the film a chance in home cinema.
“Gemini Man”: cinema revolution on Pro7
“Gemini Man” is “a stunner on a technical level,” says our review, among other things, in which author Carsten Baumgardt praises, among other things, the “outstanding shots and innovative shots by cinematographer Dion Beebe”, which are further reinforced by a “driving, hypnotic action score”. The icing on the cake, however, is the 3D, which is otherwise so often blurred and not infrequently only converted afterwards, which is so razor-sharp here that you are catapulted directly into the action – and the action literally just flies around your ears. However, you have to do without the third dimension on ProSieben, which is only available on disc:
The fact that the film was lost in production hell for decades and is far less revolutionary on a narrative level than on a technical level can hardly be overlooked. However, the stale plot can be at least partially compensated for with the visual splendor that separates “Gemini Man” from the Hollywood trope.
That’s what “Gemini Man” is about
In the near future: Henry Brogan (Will Smith) is the best assassin in the American secret service with 72 kills on behalf of the DIA, but he is nevertheless slowly longing for a break. He wants to retire and enjoy life without killing. It’s just stupid that his planned pension is getting in the way of a huge conspiracy that reaches into the highest circles of government.
Before Brogan knows it, he’s in the thick of it and eventually becomes the target of Clay Verris (Clive Owen), who wants to put the assassin in charge of the secret Gemini program out of business once and for all – and the right one, too Man for this job has: Junior, a younger version of Brogan.
