Henry Brogan (Will Smith) is an expert sniper who has given his entire life to government work. But when his most recent job doesn’t go entirely to plan he asks to retire. Unfortunately the agency he works for have other ideas and send a younger operative to assassinate him. The younger operative unbeknownst to Henry is his clone.

Oscar winning director Ang Lee’s Gemini Man is serviceable in terms of plot but what I found to be exciting and impressive here is all about his decision to film at 120 frames per second rather than the usual 24 frames per second. The last films I saw in a high frame rate were the first two instalments of the Hobbit trilogy, all of which were filmed in 48 frames per second and both gave me motion sickness! Here though I was really impressed with how it looked once my brain adjusted. It gives the film an other worldly unreal clarity, crispness and smoothness of movement. This worked especially well in the action scenes making them quite exhilarating, especially when they used character point of view shots. The 3D was also particularly well used and really made the locations have depth. A word of warning though, you will need to check your local listings to ensure you are aware of what version of the film your cinema is projecting as it is predominantly being shown in 24 frames per second.

So, how about the film? I found it to be perfectly enjoyable, although it is possible I was just wowed by the presentation. It does completely fail to explore the ethics of cloning and has a pantomime villain in Clive Owen. But on the flip side the action scenes are quite tense and impressive and Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Benedict Wong are really great in supporting roles. Will Smith is a mixed bag as both an older and younger version of himself with moments of his celebrity persona seeping through from time to time. And of course the de-ageing technology that seems to be in every film these days is solid enough.

It’s the sort of film that will probably become a Sunday evening action movie that you can dip in and out of whilst it’s technical facets are much more interesting.

James Cameron has committed to filming his Avatar sequels in 120 frames per second as well, so if they ever get made perhaps a larger audience will get to give their opinion on it.