Jackson Brogan, formerly known as Junior, is the deuteragonist of the 2019 action film Gemini Man. He is a clone of Henry Brogan, the best killer of his generation, and an ex-GEMINI operative.
He was portrayed by Will Smith, who portrayed his genetic template, Henry Brogan in the film. Smith also portrays a fictional version of himself in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Mike Lowrey in the Bad Boys film series, Steven Hiller in Independence Day, Agent J in the Men in Black film series, Robert Neville in I Am Legend, Cypher Raige in After Earth, Deadshot in Suicide Squad, and Genie in Aladdin (2019), and voices Oscar in Shark Taleand Lance Sterling in Spies in Disguise.
Biography[]
Junior was created from the DNA of Henry Brogan, a Defense International Agency assassin, by Clayton Verris, the director of a black ops terrorist organization, to end the life of the outgoing assassin.
He was dispatched to Colombia to find and kill Henry Brogan, almost getting on equal footing with him. Arriving at a safehouse, he is revealed to be Clay's adoptive "son". He is ordered to finish the job despite being curious on how he possesses similarities to Henry. Henry is also troubled by his similarities to the assassin, whom Danny suggests might be his child despite Henry's denials. He tells Baron to take him to Hungary. DNA testing reveals that Henry and Junior's DNA are identical, proving that Junior was a clone of Henry all along. Henry then meets Yuri, and learns of the cloning project and that the man he killed was one of the project's scientists. Having designed a method to produce clones devoid of pain or emotion, the scientist tried to leave the project and was killed upon being discovered.
Henry calls Lassiter to get Junior to turn away from Clay's intentions. Lassiter agrees to send Junior to bring Danny safely back to the United States. Collecting Danny, Junior sets up a trap for Henry, but she warns him via a covert listening device hidden in her mouth. Ambushing the younger assassin, Henry explains to Junior that he is a clone, convincing him by revealing their similar traits that no one else could know. Escaping back to GEMINI, Junior confronts Clay, who claims that he must defeat Henry in order to surpass him.
Finding Henry after sneaking out of GEMINI, Junior allies with him to bring down Clay, while Henry urges Junior to quit in order to become someone better. Baron is killed in an ambush ordered by Clay, with Junior knocking Clay unconscious after a brief fight. They eventually face Senior, another clone of Henry at a similar age to Junior, but this time, feels no pain or emotion. Clay tries to justify his actions to Junior, stating that creating clones with Henry's skills would both spare the future lives of young soldiers while making operations incredibly successful. Disgusted, Junior plans to shoot Clay. Instead, Henry persuades Junior otherwise and kills Clay himself, having already lived with the heavy burden.
Henry later meets with Junior, who has enrolled in college under the assumed identity of "Jackson Brogan" after Henry's mother's surname. They together plan for Jackson's future.