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It isn't a matter of people believing what they want. Josh is 100% correct. In Looper they were exactly the same person with the same experiences (up to a divergent point). In this film it is clear that the younger clone has abilities, but none of the experiences that made the Will Smith character who he was because they never share a common timeline - they exist in the same time, but never followed the same experiences. Sorta like Picard and Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis - Picard isn't battling himself, he is battling a different version of himself, a clone, who shares DNA but they are very different people.
Be disinterested in Gemini Man and dismiss it if you want, but that doesn't change what the film is actually about (which the trailer quite clearly indicates).
I guess the line "He's you" wasn't clear enough for you. Also, the trailer clearly indicates that the reason the guy was created in the first place is that he is the only one with the identical ability to kill his other self. In fact, they are so identical that the older one can anticipate what the younger one would do.
I said the concept of sending one self to kill the other is the same. I really don't care about the method of bringing the two into conflict . the concept at its most basic level is that an identical version of oneself, with the same abilities and thought processes is brought into conflict with the other.
I never said I was disinterested in it. You projected that on to me. I also said there is room for more than one film to explore the theme. However, I guess you missed that part.