Wanted (2008)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 200
Fresh: 142 | Rotten: 58
Wanted is a fast-paced, crackling thrill ride tailor-made for the Summer audience.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 45
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 14
Wanted is a fast-paced, crackling thrill ride tailor-made for the Summer audience.
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Movie Info
Wesley's (James McAvoy) life is over - his pathetic old one, anyway... Fortunately, it is all because of a girl. Enter sizzling-hot Fox (Angelina Jolie), who crashes into his life and introduces him to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins, led by the enigmatic Sloan (Morgan Freeman). Seems Wes's long-lost father was killed while working for the Fraternity and Wes has been selected to target the rogue member who murdered him. But before he can complete his assignment, Wes must first
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Cast
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James McAvoy
Wes Gibson -
Morgan Freeman
Sloan -
Angelina Jolie
Fox -
Terence Stamp
Pekwar -
Thomas Kretschmann
Cross -
Common
The Gunsmith -
Kristen Hager
Cathy -
Marc Warren
The Repairman -
David O'Hara
Mr. X -
Konstantin Khabensky
The Exterminator -
Dato Bakhtadze
The Butcher -
Chris Pratt
Barry -
Lorna Scott
Janice -
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All Critics (200) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (142) | Rotten (58) | DVD (19)
Bekmambetov's movie evaporates pretty quickly after it's consumed.
Top CriticWanted is too bloody, too over the top, too silly, and too special effects driven. It's also excessively entertaining and fun.
It's made for fans of films that really just want to see some great visuals, some amazing sequences and some terrific performances.
A 12-armed heavy-metal drummer of a movie, kicking and flailing through two hours of impossible. The car chase of the year.
I've watched a movie that, while fiercely entertaining, made me fear for the emotional health of my gender. You have a problem with that?
If the graphic-novel-style hyperviolence of Sin City or 300 is your thing, go ahead and knock yourself out. Or let Angelina do it for you ... It feels so much nicer that way.
For non-discerning action fans looking to satisfy your adrenaline rush, you can add this film to your most wanted list.
In normal cinematic terms, it could easily be dismissed as gun porn, boyish nonsense or action overkill. Fact is, in the realms of badass cinema, Wanted is damn near untouchable.
The movie never convincingly sells us on its tone, and setting.
Wanted never takes itself too seriously and is fully aware of its frailties. This is fast and furious popcorn munching fodder, which doesn't waste time dabbling in meaningful theorising or contemplation.
A movie so shamelessly derivative of so many other movies that it ought to have a work-cited page at the start of the closing credits.
Few films have accepted the role of Matrix knockoff with such gusto as Wanted; indeed, at times it's almost impossible to distinguish the two.
kombinacijom strip-akcije i koliko-toliko realnog lika vi%u0161e nego zadovoljava kriterije neobavezne ljetne zabave
...an entirely ineffectual actioner that suffers from many of the same problems that one now associates with the genre.
[It] lacks zing, but McAvoy (Atonement) handles his action-hero stint admirably.
Then there's ADD megatard Timur Bekmabetov's deeply stupid Wanted, coming along to confirm that his deeply stupid Night Watch and Day Watch were no accident
A version of The Matrix that didn't bother to construct a thoughtful mythology for its universe, and a version of Shoot 'Em Up that plays it too straight.
Agreeably slick pop nihilism, getting a kick out of its own excesses.
This is an exciting flick, and it helped secure a place in the cinemas for R-rated action films.
Maximum violence and minimum plot are the formula.
Initially promises to challenge the heroism of blindly following your destiny, yet instead descends into an unsatisfactory blur of curving bullets and splattered bodies.
Alas, the Russian filmmaker can only do so much with his American debut's stale premise and lazy plot.
A fast-paced, in-your-face cartoon come to life.
Kudos to graphic novelists Mark Millar and J.G. Jones for coming up with this fun and electric idea in the first place and here's hoping that they can create an ongoing cool environment in which these groovy characters can excel.
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Movies Like Wanted
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- Wes Gibson: This is me taking control ? from Sloan, from the Fraternity, from Janice, from billing reports, from ergonomic keyboards, from cheating girlfriends and sack-of-shit best-friends. This is me taking back control of my life. What the fuck have you done lately?
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- Sloan: Welcome... to the Fraternity. This gun you're holding belonged to your father; he could conduct a symphony orchestra with it.
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- Mr. X: Never send sheep to kill a wolf.
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- Wes Gibson: [to Sloan] Do you make sweaters, or do you kill people?
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- Janice: Jesus H Fucking popsicle I still don't have my billing reports. But you've got time to sit here and Google you're ass off. And if I know one thing, you've got you're review next week. And I can't wait to start checking me off some big fucking boxes. Attitude, poor. Performance, poor. Management skills, poor. Works well with others? Ha! Thats a fucking joke. What is this bullshit? Who's this prick? Some loser gets head blown off at Metropolitan?
- Wes Gibson: SHUT THE FUCK UP!
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- Barry: Who's the man?
- Wes Gibson: [fuck you] I'm the man.
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Latest News on Wanted
October 24, 2012:
Wanted 2 Moving Forward Without Angelina JolieScreenwriter Derek Haas says he's writing a script that will find Wesley training a new female...
June 18, 2012:
Timur Bekmambetov Talks Wanted 2He promises a "great twist" for James McAvoy's character.
September 27, 2011:
Wanted Screenwriters Working on Wanted 2Universal keeps moving forward on the sequel, with or without Angelina Jolie and Timur Bekmambetov.
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