Wanted

The stupidest movie ever?

Wanted has everything you would want from an action movie. The gunfights are excessively violent, the tone is nihilistic, and there's a body count in the lower hundreds. Not to mention that setpiece that involves the exploding rats.

James McAvoy, sporting one of the worst American accents this side of Jude Law, anchors this story about a man in an average life who realizes that it isn't one worth living unless he's killing people with his strange super-assassin powers.

Sure there's some sort of tacked-on bit about a group of former weavers from thousands of years ago who become assassins, and there's that glimpse of Angelina Jolie's butt, and of course there's a memorable line from Morgan Freeman, but honestly, it's a pretty slim and incoherent story, full of plot holes.

Luckily, it's the slickest looking movie to come out this year, as Bekmambatov employs just about every trick in the book visually, embracing the silliness of the story and enhancing it with his style.

If you like your action movies fast, stupid, and slick (not a bad thing), Wanted is a good fit for you.

Best review ever?

Seriously, Rob's review might possibly be the best movie review ever. Part of me wants to see the movie, just because I can practically imagine how bad and formulaic it is. But wait, I've already seen a terrible angelina jolie movie. I'm reliving the pain. Whew, no need to waste the time and money.

Wanted

Wanted

Stylish and sexy, absurdly funny, and utterly mindless, "Wanted" isn't exactly a contender for the best movie of 2008 but it does deliver exactly what you want out of a summer movie: entertainment.

An odd mish-mash of lesser versions of "Fight Club" and "The Matrix," the movie begins with an apathetic loser of a protagonist in Wesley Gibson, (James McAvoy, officially cementing his status as Hollywood's new It-Boy) who works a dead-end desk job. His boss is a whale of a nazi, his best friend is hardly hiding the fact that he's sleeping with Wesley's girlfriend, and he can't bring himself to give a damn about any of it.

Cue Fox, (Angelina Jolie, looking every bit the part) an assassin who seemingly saves his ass in a shoot-out. She informs him that his absentee father was actually a member of a group of assassins know as The Fraternity, headed by Sloan (Morgan Freeman, for once not narrating or playing the wise old whatever) They kill people based on a list supplied by a weave in a threading factory (no, seriously) and the logic goes something like "kill one, save a thousand" as Fox matter-of-factly points out to Wesley when he questions the ridiculousness of it all.

A too-long training session ensues where Wesley learns to kick some ass, get beat up by a girl, and oh yeah, curve bullets. But The Fraternity isn't everything it appears to be and Wesley, once transformed into a bad ass himself, fights to restore the integrity of the killing club, er, secret society.

The movie delivers as far as action sequences go, including an inspired scene involving rats that PETA would most definitely disapprove of. But don't expect it to change your life. Instead, try and appreciate "Wanted" for what it is: a movie that will leave you with a renewed sense of energy and perhaps a few less brain cells.

UnWanted

It's a good looking movie that would be best served if no one in the movie talked.

Angelina Jolie is smoking hot! Not sure if I want to do her or be her.

Wanted

I can't stand Angelina Johlie. The press got annoying with talking about her and Brad Pitt everyday. If I do see this movie it's because of James McAvoy. I wish he got more attention for this film.

There was a lot of hype with this film, being one of the main reasons I went to go see it. I sat down to watch it expecting to get my fair share of a high impact action packed excitement...........wrong. When the movie trailors showed the scene of the assassin in training "curving the bullet" while it barely misses Angelina Jolie's face, well that is really IT!! That is how they kill people the entire move....by "curving the bullet." I was like, "Is this the only cool way they know how to kill people or what?" I guess so. It was pretty WEAK!!

The box office, cult and action juggernaut of the "Matrix" trilogy has been a tall order for Hollywood to follow. 'Wanted' was able to take great and at times gravity defying, strides towards that marker. Perhaps claiming heir to "The Matrix" throne in trailers all over the world wasn't a smart move for their marketing team, but the intended message was received. The inner Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi geek in everyone was more than satisfied by the smoldering sensuality of Angelina Jolie- ((Pitt-ish)), and the sage and sinister wisdom of character actor Morgan Freeman. While he did not carry the dark and dangerous mysterio that we now know as 'Morpheus', and the bad guys weren't all Agent Smith- 'Wanted' earned its stripes amongst a legacy of action packed blockbusters. While 'Wanted' may not change the way pop culture now views consciousness in contemporary society, the ability to curve a bullet is pretty damn awesome!

I Want more Wanted!

The box office, cult and action juggernaut of the "Matrix" trilogy has been a tall order for Hollywood to follow. 'Wanted' was able to take great and at times gravity defying, strides towards that marker. Perhaps claiming heir to "The Matrix" throne in trailers all over the world wasn't a smart move for their marketing team, but the intended message was received. The inner Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi geek in everyone was more than satisfied by the smoldering sensuality of Angelina Jolie- ((Pitt-ish)), and the sage and sinister wisdom of character actor Morgan Freeman. While he did not carry the dark and dangerous mysterio that we now know as 'Morpheus', and the bad guys weren't all Agent Smith- 'Wanted' earned its stripes amongst a legacy of action packed blockbusters. While 'Wanted' may not change the way pop culture now views consciousness in contemporary society, the ability to curve a bullet is pretty damn awesome! Hopefully they find enough creative energy for a sequel.