Gemini Man story
Gemini Man is a 2019 American action thriller film directed by Ang Lee. Synopsis: A retiring hitman is targeted by a much younger clone of himself while on the run from the government.
14 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I met myself from a different time | choice | The main novelty of the story surrounds the 51-year-old, over-the-hill assassin Henry Brogan being pursued by his younger and seemingly more ruthless clone, Junior. And while not explicitly mentioned, the file title "Gemini Man" evidently draws a parallel between the clones Henry/Junior and the Gemini twins Castor/Pollux from Greek mythology. |
| a person and their clone | major | The retiring assassin Henry Brogan took the younger and innocent clone of himself, Junior, under his wing. |
| coping with aging | major | Much was made of the 51-year-old assassin Henry Brogan coming to terms with that he was over-the-hill and it was time for him to retire. |
| facing organized pursuit | major | Henry and Danielle were being pursued around the world by government agents. |
| father and son | major | Junior felt conflicted when it became apparent that his adoptive father, Clay Varris, had groomed him from childhood to be a government assassin, and more over that Varris had concealed from Junior that Junior was a clone. |
| hitman occupation | major | The hero of the story Henry Brogan was a recently retired assassin who'd worked for the United States federal government. Much was made about his past as a high-profile assassin. |
| human cloning | major | The recently retired assassin Henry Brogan was astonished to discover that he was himself being target for assassination by a younger clone of himself. |
| human phobia | minor | Henry had a pathological fear of water, drowning in it in particular. |
| lying | minor | Junior confronted his adoptive father, Clay Varris, over having lied about Junior's own past. Clay had told Junior that he was an orphan when in really Clay had cloned Junior. |
| orphanhood | minor | Junior grew up believing that his real parents had left him at the fire department as a baby and scuttled off. |