Movies On My Mind: Gemini Man flounders even as Fagara and The Farewell embrace the Lee Ang of old

Movie still from Gemini Man starring Will Smith. PHOTO: UIP
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SINGAPORE - Will Smith's face is in my face. It is big and distractingly shiny, as is the rest of Gemini Man.

This conspiracy action thriller now in cinemas stars Smith as elite government assassin Henry Brogan. He is 51 and nearing retirement when suddenly hunted by a mysterious sniper - his faster, fitter, 30-year-younger clone named, amusingly, Junior.

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