But he did it, and nobody else can - especially nobody as old as he is (his age is listed as 34, but most experts agree he’s actually around 40). He did this thanks to the inexorable march of technology: laser-guided routes, aerodynamic pace-setters, foam-padded Vaporfly shoes, a schedule programmed with ideal weather in mind, and other carefully constructed aides. On October 12, Eliud Kipchoge broke the previously unbreakable 2-hour barrier in the marathon, finishing in 1:59:40. It really took David Benioff to write this? The plot is riddled with holes (if Smith is retiring, why does Owen need him to be killed? Just because he found out Dormov’s file was spiked, doesn’t mean he’s going to bother finding out why - this is why he’s retiring! Also, if Dormov was just a molecular biologist and not a terrorist, why did four of Lassiter’s hitmen fail to take him out?) and the structure follows in the wake of dozens of similar predictable actioners of the last 30 years: ex-military assassin has trouble with his One Last Job, and then gets a bounty on his own head by a private weapons firm getting high on its own supply. If I were to analyze this strictly on its narrative function, it’s a pretty bad DTV sci-fi thriller with cardboard characters, lousy dialogue (was “everyone hates cilantro” ever going to be funny without Smith’s delivery?) and a tired sub-Frankenstein morality theme about playing God with DNA. I mention this not to sound elitist, or to criticize the inherently exclusionary nature of a movie that exists without the means to properly exhibit it - but to underscore that the presentation of it really IS the content. Like ordering a cheeseburger and only being served a photo of it. If you do watch something called “Gemini Man” in middle America, or at home on video, you’ll be seeing a third-generation approximation of something that mildly resembles the movie. The movie has been a box office disaster and my showing on a Wednesday evening had a total of 5 people. 17, the seventh day of its release) is its final day on one of the screens (Arclight Hollywood) that’s showing it as intended. This article from Polygon explains further.) Here in Los Angeles, today (Thursday Oct. (And even then, those 14 screens are only capable of projecting a 2K image, not the 4K in which it was shot. To do so, you must be lucky enough to live near one of the 14 screens around the country that are exhibiting it in 3-D at 120fps.
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