Review of Wanted [Blu-ray] (2008)
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“Wanted” is a mile-a-second action picture that never lets up.Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) suddenly finds that his life as an ordinary office worker is over.A beautiful woman, Fox (Angelina Jolie), crashes into his life and introduces him to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins led by the mysterious Sloan (Morgan Freeman).Wesley is informed that his long-lost father was murdered while working for the Fraternity and Wes has been chosen to target the rogue member who did it.Before he can complete his assignment, he must first uncover the dark secrets behind the Fraternity to understand why he was selected and how he figures in its plans.
The main attraction of “Wanted” is the amazing use of CGI special effects, from glass panes shattering as bodies fly through them to bullets redirecting their trajectory in mid-propulsion.Jolie manages to look as comfortable in action flicks as in serious dramas like the recent “Changeling.”She is quite the action babe and easy on the eye.McAvoy, who showed his acting chops in “The Last King of Scotland” and “Atonement” seems an odd fit for “Wanted.”He looks as if he’s doing this one to pay for the new swimming pool.He’s fine in the early scenes as a drone-like worker lost in a huge company, but his transformation into this almost-indestructible super assassin is harder to accept.Bonus extras on this two-disc DVD include an extended scene; behind-the-scenes featurettes on the film’s stunts, visual effects, and origins in the graphic novel; and a making-of documentary.
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Universal Pictures Wanted (Blu-ray)Loosely based on the comic book miniseries of the same by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones, WANTED, directed by Timur Bekmambetov, follows anxiety-prone office drone Wesley Gibson (JamesMcAvoy) as he is inducted into the Fraternity, a clan of powerful killers that counted his father as a member. Pursued by rogue agent Cross (Thomas Kretschmann), Wesley is trained by the sleek, sexy Fox (Angelina Jolie) and the charismatic Sloan (Morgan Freeman), among others, to be just as proficient and deadly as his father. Once Wesley becomes a master assassin, he must confront Cross, and contend with the stunning ramifications of that encounter.
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