The daybreak of a brand new Willennium for Will Smith?

Who am I? I’m a Will Smith fan. And the previous 5 years or so have been fairly irritating.

Concussion, Suicide Squad, Collateral Magnificence, Brilliant. Smith did his greatest in all of them, however none had been worthy of his appreciable skills. And the overwhelming majority had been basically unwatchable.

If you happen to’re being harsh, you’d must go all the best way again to 2012’s Males In Black 3 for the final first rate movie Smith headlined. And also you’d must time-travel to 2007 to search out his final precise good movie (I Am Legend). Uuhhh.

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The times of Unhealthy Boys, Independence Day and Ali are ‘no extra.’ However that may very well be about to vary, if the CinemaCon reactions to his first sci-fi blockbuster since After Earth are to be believed.

Gemini Man sounds prefer it might launch the daybreak a brand-new Willennium for the actor – Will 2K, if you’ll – taking him again to his ‘90s peak.

Actually, really, because the plot sees Smith star as an ageing murderer who’s pursued by a youthful clone of himself. The clone is a 23-year-old Smith, performed by the actor utilizing de-aging visible results. Seems like a next-level Looper, mainly.

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“There’s a lot Will Smith on this film. I’m nearly near determining the thriller of Will Smith,” director Ang Lee has mentioned concerning the movie.

Let’s hope he solves the puzzle – Smith’s due his personal model of Matthew McConaughey’s McConaissance, and if it occurs of the again of Gemini Man, we’ll be freakin it.

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The reactions to the Gemini Man CinemaCon footage had been overwhelmingly optimistic.

Mixed with the success of Smith’s YouTube channel (214,030,807 views and counting), and the truth that we’ll get new music from the star this yr, and there’s lots to be enthusiastic about.

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Positive, these new songs will solely be his contributions to the Aladdin soundtrack, and we all know that appears like a horror present, however contemporary tunes from the Contemporary Prince will at all times be one thing to rejoice.

With 2020’s Unhealthy Boys For Life additionally taking Smith again to the ‘90s, let’s hope Gemini Man actually will probably be a contemporary begin for the Contemporary Prince.