Watch Will Smith go absolutely wild with a flamethrower in slow motion

Kind of beautiful. Kind of terrifying.
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Watch Will Smith go absolutely wild with a flamethrower in slow motion
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Will Smith teamed up with The Slow Mo Guys to destroy a bunch of stuff in slow motion, and the result is surprisingly cathartic.

Smith, who has starred in his fair share of action movies, flexed all of those acting muscles to elevate the slow-mo experience. He took a bat to a watermelon, a giant blade to a watermelon (it was a bad day for melons), a potato gun to a car (with, uh, extremely limited success), and most thrillingly, he launched a very Gemini Man-themed flamethrower attack on a mannequin of his younger self.

"Die, you dirty young me trying to kill the old me! Ahhhhhhhh," he yells frighteningly, holding down the trigger as the flames decimate younger Will.

"Makes you feel powerful," Smith remarked over the aftermath. "I think I'm going to get a flamethrower."

PSA: Avoid the Smith household at all costs.

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Andy is a fellow on Mashable's Culture team. He graduated with a B.S. from the University of North Florida in 2018 and moved to New York to pursue journalism in culture and entertainment. He can (and will) talk for too long about Star Wars and movies in general. His fear of stinging insects and 80+ degree weather will keep him inside forever. He wishes he were shorter.


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