Wanted (2008)
I watched this film in the cinema about 3 weeks ago and only just got to post my review. I’d only seen the one trailer and thought it looked pretty action packed and worth watching in the cinema (not to mention Angelina Jolie).
I was pleasantly surprised, I really enjoyed this film, ok it’s a bit over the top, but hey why not? It is an action movie! Angelina Jolie had never really appealed to me until after this movie, she looks and acts with real confidence and displays real sexuality, she certainly plays the part well.
Wanted is great film to watch and chill out with, a no brainer with som good special affects. The action seemed very intense and the special effects were great. It followed the lines of other similar films:
A boy that’s wasting life and has hidden skills he never knew he had, he suddenly discovers himself…
… But still they managed to refresh this worn out story type with some nice special affects and some original ideas, such as curving bullets around objects.
The ideas thought out the film managed to keep this film pretty original and worked fairly well to make the film differ from other “assassin” style films.
I could see there was a small twist coming though out the film, although I won’t spoil it for you i’m sure you’ll guess it when it comes around. Due to the story not being very strong i’m sure they felt obliged to play on the idea of the twist, although it doesn’t draw away from the movie. I’d recommend watching this film as it’s a great action movie and gives you a few moments to want to cheer for the main (underdog) character, but it’s not the type of film you’ll be going to watch for the story. The main character Wesley Allan Gibson played by James McAvoy seemed a bit weak and not quite right for the main character in this movie they could have had a much stronger, more rugged actor and I think this would have raised the profile, quality and popularity of this film. The final words of the film are very cheesy and a bit strong as by this point I think the audience had got the point… but all in all a good action movie and worth a watch on DVD.
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Film Information
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Year: 2008
Cast: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann
Runtime: 110min
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