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- 2008
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 2008
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
Summary Wanted tells the tale of one apathetic nobody’s transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. 25-year-old Wes was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. 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 t...
Directed By: Timur Bekmambetov
Written By: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan, Mark Millar, J.G. Jones
- 2008
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 2008
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
Wanted
64
4.2
Where to Watch
Summary Wanted tells the tale of one apathetic nobody’s transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. 25-year-old Wes was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. 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 t...
Directed By: Timur Bekmambetov
Written By: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan, Mark Millar, J.G. Jones
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
64
74% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
21% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
64
74% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
21% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
This over-the-top, ultraviolent, hyperkinetic action thriller pretty much has it all.
Not as dark as its source material, Wanted works exceptionally on its own terms. McAvoy crashes the A-list, Jolie finally gets to be as big a star on screen as she has been in print, and Bekmambetov proves the most exciting action-oriented emigré since John Woo.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 472 User Ratings
4.2
38% Positive
178 Ratings
178 Ratings
17% Mixed
78 Ratings
78 Ratings
46% Negative
216 Ratings
216 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 472 User Ratings
4.2
38% Positive
178 Ratings
178 Ratings
17% Mixed
78 Ratings
78 Ratings
46% Negative
216 Ratings
216 Ratings
Let me start out by saying that I no way endorse ANYTHING Angelina Jolie is in, however wanted is impossible, ridiculous, and one hell of a ride! We don't watch movies to experience the predictable or only what's possible. Wanted is exciting, well written, full of twists, and well worth the price of admission.
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His movies are thrilling and ridiculous in equal measure, and I often laughed with incredulous approval as he wreaked havoc.
Wanted's hyperkinetic antics are sometimes weighed down by a surfeit of adolescent misanthropy. But the adrenaline-overdose strategy works for viewers as well as hit men. As long as Bekmambetov keeps the pedal to the metal, you don't notice the rotten scenery outside.
Slick, stylish and super-violent, but also oddly dull.
Either a go-for-broke action movie or a sick, sick movie for a sick, sick public.
With every bit of sliced flesh and every punctured skull I found myself wondering who exactly this movie is for. Its unflinching violence has earned it an R rating, meaning its desired demographic – teenage boys – is out of contention. That raises the question: Are there really adults who want to sit through this kind of mindless, bullying mayhem?
Wanted ist ein Actionfilm mit James McAvoy,Morgan Freeman und Angelina Jolie in den Hauptrollen. Wesley ist ein normaler Typ, welcher als Buchhalter tätig ist. Einen ekelhaften Freund, eine fiese Chefin und ein langweiliges Leben. Bis er Fox kennenlernt und er herausfindet, das er Fähigkeiten hat die nur wenige Leute haben. Er tritt einer Gruppierung aus Killern bei und bekommt den Auftrag den Mörder seines Vaters zu töten. Wanted basiert auf einen Comic mit dem gleichen Namen. Die Kameraführung und der Schnitt sind außergewöhnlich und nicht der typische Actionfilm Look. Die Story ist sehr interessant gestaltet. Wie Wesley seine Fähgikeiten erlernt innerhalb der Bruderschaft ist sehr interessant und gut umgesetzt. Der Film wird nie langweilig und unterhält einen. Mit Logik muss man in dem Film nicht kommen, aber das ist ihn fast allen Actionfilmen oder anderen Genres ebenfalls so. Die Actionszen sind super und der Film ist auch an vielen Stellen blutig. Der Schnittstill gefällt mir besonders, mit den Slowmos. Die Computereffekte sind gut gealter, obwohl man es bei ein paar sieht. Der Film hätte ruhig 5 Minuten kürzer sein können, da er sich leicht zieht. Wer einen spaßigen Actionfilm sehen möchte mit Topstars und sich auf die Welt einlässt, kann eine menge Spaß mit dem Film haben.
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This is a fast paced action thriller film with a graphic novel type feel to it. It features a lot of bloody violence with injury detail shown, hence the higher rating. The plot is pretty thin and its not the kind of film people who rely on complicated plots that stand up to thorough analysis will likely enjoy but as a distracting action film with some pretty decent CGI, its ok. Personally, I didn't think it was much better than an ok film really. The special effects aren't bad but it was all a bit too over the top and cliched in some regards I think too. Not awful, not great, this is ok and no more. I wouldn't go out of your way to see this film, so no I wouldn't specifically recommend it as such, unless perhaps your a big fan of James McAvoy, who has the most time on screen.
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An interesting movie but also the biggest waste of ideas from the source material in a while. I think I give you the setting of the source material first as comparison: !!!Spoiler warning for the source material!!! Be also warned: There is stuff in the source material that is gruesome and nothing for weak stomachs. It is even to unsavory for me. It is based on a comic by Mark Millar. I mostly like the setting and world building ideas. On first look it is our world or relative similar. If you look behind the surface it was a world were superheroes existed and more like Marvel or DC earths. The super villains had enough of their defeats and failures and band together killing all superheroes. They won but know there is a multiverse out there with other superheroes that will stop them. They use reality manipulation to create the facade of this normal world while ruling with absolute power. Only they know the past or that superheroes existed. Wesley Gibson is the same person as in the movie but here he gets recruited to become a super villains henchman / killer because his father was one (Heredity of abilities). Lets imagine a world were you can do everything you want with no boundaries or moral restrictions and are a truly amoral super villain. He does many horrible things, starts to like it and all implications for the normal human population will be fixed / erased. The first part would made an awesome setting for a movie while I fully understand / agree that they don't want to use the later part. Now you see where many of the plot holes and oddities for the movie come from. For itself it is a good movie with really amazing effects. The characters and their respective actors are also good and deliver their roles. James Mc Avoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman are especially good / praiseworthy. My main problem are the story and oddities. There are many things for me that are involuntary ridiculous or made me thing WTF? It is no failure and an enjoyable really funny and entertaining movie. It just missed the mark to be awesome and they should have used the good ideas from the source materials.
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This action film is one of those films that is difficult to judge. After seeing it, I felt that it has a lot of satire and criticism in the way it tells its story. The problem is that it has little story to tell and makes up for that failure with tons of action, a fast pace and a lot of money, as teenagers and younger audiences generally like.
The script tells us the story of Wesley Gibson. He is not happy and lives a mediocre existence where he is nothing more than a failed office worker, under the orders of an overweight and overbearing boss. He lives in a hideous apartment and has a beautiful girlfriend who ostensibly cheats on him with his best friend, who also works in the same office. The fact is that Wesley has little hope of improving his condition, so he ends up enduring mediocrity until he meets a beautiful woman who tells him that he is the son of a murderer who has just been killed. Although it is hard to believe, he decides he needs to know more about it and, realizing the reality, he throws his life in the trash and leaves with a bang. Now it's time for him to follow in his father's footsteps, become an almost infallible killer and avenge his death.
It is not the first time that cinema brings us the story of someone who, living in a mediocre and unhappy way, finds a way to "break the dishes", turn around and taking control of his life. About that, some people remembered "Matrix" and, in fact, that film does just that, although similarities with this film don't go beyond that. In spite of all the social criticism about our way of life and the people who settle for the sensuous everyday life, the script is rather weak in that it is unrealistic and the plot looks thinner than the cotton cloths in that lom factory. The story of the Destiny Loom, then, sounds stupid or childish. If the fraternity were librarians, would they kill based on the height of the spines of the books on the shelves? The strong point of the film are the high doses of action, sometimes very unrealistic, with incredible fights and breathtaking chase scenes, where everyone escapes unscathed by a hair.
Timur Bekmambetov ensured an average direction, giving us a coherent film that could have been much better in the hands of a more demanding and detailed director. James McAvoy is a good actor and has proven himself in previous films, but has little to do here but being beaten, run, get angry and look confused. The film never gave him a chance to show what he was worth. Angelina Jolie has one of the most important roles but what she does is, quite simply, copy much of what she did in "Tomb Raider", "Mr. And Mrs. Smith" and "Salt", in an uninteresting and lazy performance that adds nothing to her career but must have filled her bank account in some millions. Morgan Freeman didn't seem like anything special to me either, but he still stood out positively, given that most of the cast gave us bad acting or lazy versions of work previously done.
Technically, it is a very visual film, betting on a fast pace for the audience to get carried away and not to think too much about the plot. Cinematography is essential for this purpose, with short and fast scenes, constantly moving from one camera to another, from one point of view to another. The use of light and shadow seems appropriate to me. Sound effects are strident and, when combined with a very rock soundtrack, make the film a little loud and noisy. CGI and slow motion help in the action scenes but, from a moment on, everything seems so fanciful that we disconnect from it and wait to the end.
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For 2008, this movie feels not only dated but also completely hallow of any substance that is either remarkable, interesting, or compelling in any way. I've been going through films with Angelina Jolie in it, trying to figure out why I've never really gotten a feel for who she is. WANTED is a prime example of answering that: it's because she constantly is cast in films where there is no character development. It feels somewhere between a Matrix ripoff and a superhero film, with nothing redeemable, new, or interesting to add to an overly saturated market of films about angsty, cis, white men who have not found an excuse to produce violence in a justifiable or excusable way in their life. Hard pass. Couldn't even finish it.
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Production Company
Universal Pictures,
Spyglass Entertainment,
Relativity Media,
Marc Platt Productions,
Kickstart Productions,
Top Cow Productions,
Ringerike Zweite Filmproduktion,
Bazelevs Production,
Image Comics
Release Date Jun 27, 2008
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating R
Tagline Choose your destiny.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 4 Nominations
Scream Awards
• 3 Nominations
