Wanted (1999/I)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Terence M. O'Keefe

Writers:

Terence M. O'Keefe (writer)
Mark Evan Schwartz (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Independent Film

Cast

Tracey Gold	...	Sue Bentley
Michael Sutton	...	Jimmy Scrico
Robert Culp	...	Fr. Patrick
Timothy Busfield	...	Fr. Donnelly
James Quattrochi	...	Vinny
Will Thayer	...	Chuck
Matt Koruba	...	Tony
Justin Berfield	...	Flip
Ernie Lively	...	Sheriff
Sonny Marinelli	...	Nick
James Luisi	...	Vincent Argento
Beth Tegarden	...	Rosa
Michael Sabatino	...	Agent Ross
Matt McKenzie	...	Agent Baker
Marcia Rodd	...	Mama Scrico

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

World International Network (WIN)

Not As Bad As I Thought It`d Turn Out

This opens with the company credits informing us it`s by World International Network . I knew I`d seen this company credit before but couldn`t remember where , but knew it was at the start of a really bad movie I`d seen so I seriously thought about changing channels , only thing was I`d seen every film on the other channels which is one of the problems of being an IMDB reviewer . What the hell I thought it won`t really matter if WANTED is good or bad because I`ll still be able to review it for this site.

As I expected WANTED wasn`t all that good . It`s a plot I`d seen so many times ( Too many times ) before involving a fugitive on the run , a bit like THE INCREDIBLE HULK TV series without the shirt ripping . Jimmy crosses the mob in an entirely contrived way and goes on the run and in an entirely contrived manner finds himself working at a catholic reform school . Have you noticed an oft used description in the last sentence ? " Entirely contrived " is the answer . Let me repeat for the hard of thinking that this is an entirely contrived film where everything relies on coincidence . Another problem I had was the reform school run by the church - it`s far too compassionate and kind , I`m led to believe these type of establishments make Alcatraz look like a country club , I`m saying this is a fact but when the head priest looks like the spitting image of Donald Rumsfeld you do feel there`s a large amount of sugar coating going on .

To be honest despite the ridiculous plot twists etc WANTED isn`t really a bad thriller though it`s a terribly good one either . I never really had the urge to switch it off no matter how contrived it became which is an under hand compliment to the movie