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Five Will Smith movies worth another watch

With the ever-popular Will Smith returning to cinemas this week with a prominent role in Disney’s new Aladdin remake, here are five more ways to quickly stream the Fresh Prince at his best.

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With the ever-popular Will Smith returning to cinemas this week with a prominent role in Disney’s new Aladdin remake, here are five more ways to quickly stream the Fresh Prince at his best.

I Am Legend is a frightening, confronting and totally immersive action movie.
I Am Legend is a frightening, confronting and totally immersive action movie.

I AM LEGEND (2007)

Netflix

****

After a virus wipes out almost all civilised life, the last man left standing in New York City works on finding a cure. A frightening, confronting and totally immersive action movie. A proven reassuring presence in any circumstances, Smith excels himself here: not only carrying the entire picture on his own, but keeping the audience at his side throughout.

Enemy of the State is a rippling chase movie where Big Brother is always watching.
Enemy of the State is a rippling chase movie where Big Brother is always watching.

ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998)

Stan

***1/2

A ripping chase movie where Big Brother is not only watching you, but he is also checking out what you did five minutes ago on action replay. A well-cast Smith is the hero huffing, puffing and trying to keep out of a narky secret government agency’s way. Gene Hackman proves to be of invaluable assistance as the heat is turned up to an unbearable degree.

Smith is the perfect fit for a likeable, easygoing rom-com.
Smith is the perfect fit for a likeable, easygoing rom-com.

HITCH (2005)

Netflix

***1/2

An undercover “date doctor” (Smith) for lonely men finds his credentials under severe scrutiny when he unsuccessfully pursues a newspaper gossip columnist (Eva Mendes). Smith makes a perfect fit for a very likeable, easygoing rom-com. You won’t need a GPS to work out where this is all heading, but the real pleasure is the scenic route used to get there.

I, Robot has some stirring action sequences and a fascinating futuristic setting.
I, Robot has some stirring action sequences and a fascinating futuristic setting.

I, ROBOT (2004)

Foxtel Now

***1/2

In 2035 Chicago, a cynical cop (Smith) dismayed by society’s dependence on machines stumbles upon an imminent robot rebellion. Some stirring action sequences and a fascinating futuristic setting keeps things entertaining, even if this loose adaptation of the Isaac Asimov doesn’t always take the most original approach possible. Co-stars Bridget Moynahan, James Cromwell.

Will Smith plays Dr Bennet Omalu in Concussion.
Will Smith plays Dr Bennet Omalu in Concussion.

CONCUSSION (2015)

Netflix

***

A factual drama about a breakthrough discovery with ramifications for contact sports all over the world. In 2002, Dr. Bennet Omalu (Smith) is diagnosed with a then-unknown disease among ex-NFL players. Multiple blows to the head across a career could generate a terrifying and irreversible suite of symptoms. You would think such findings would have alarm bells ringing in the halls of the NFL? Nope.

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