WANTED
STARS:
James McAvoy - remember the first Chronicles of Narnia? He’s the half man half deer character. Or whatever that is. This time instead of hoofs, James plays lead role of “Wesley Gibson”, a simpleton who’s normal life is gonna be changed once he learned that he can bend gunshots.
Angelina Jolie - Meet your assassin/love interest. “Fox” is all about guns, tattoos, and a whole lotta bullet bending action. And oh, steamy scenes exist.
Morgan Freeman - plays “Sloan”, the head of the “fraternity” who would welcome Wesley to the true nature of his world. Mr. Freeman played God before, so being head of supersonic assassins is quite a spin-off from most of his recent roles.
Common - rapper turned actor, this guy is everywhere. Most of his movie roles are astoundingly bad-ass, American Gangster, Street Kings and then this. “The Gunsmith” is a professional gunman who trains other to use high-caliber weapons.
Them, and a whole lotta bad-ass villains.
PREMISE:
25-year-old Wes was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut. Until he met a woman named Fox. After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad’s death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself. With wickedly brilliant tutors–including the Fraternity’s enigmatic leader, Sloan–Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But, slowly, he begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one could ever teach him: he alone controls his destiny.
REASONs TO WATCH:
First and foremost, the story is about assassins. And people, we all are in love with assassins. That’s why James Bond is still having his Martini shaken even up to this day when he should be in a retirement home stirring his cough syrup. Secondly, anybody seen Jumper? Or perhaps The Hitman? Those sci-fi assassin movies are so bad that Sarah Conner could give them whooping. Where’s the Watchowski Brothers? Oh I see, they’re still dizzy from all that bloated animation in Speed Racer.
Point is, WANTED typically concocts the same recipe for the genre. But we have to look at the ingredients: movie based on a graphic novel, great cast, debut effort from a Russian director, Angelina. And based on the trailer alone, we know that movie is high-octane. So if what you need right now is a bad-ass film that’s just right on the mix, go see WANTED.
Movie out on JUNE 27
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