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Overview
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Release Date:
27 June 2008 (USA)
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Tagline:
Choose your destiny. more
Plot:
A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities. full summary | full synopsis
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Fraternity
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Assassin
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Boss
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Superhuman
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Killer
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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11 nominations
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Today's "What The Hell?" Moment Comes Courtesy Of Russian Musical Skazka Xxi (Сказка-xxi)
(From Twitch. 27 November 2009, 10:24 PM, PST)
J. Michael Straczynski Says 'Silver Surfer' Script Stalled, Reveals Story Details
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(From Twitch. 27 November 2009, 10:24 PM, PST)
J. Michael Straczynski Says 'Silver Surfer' Script Stalled, Reveals Story Details
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James McAvoy | ... | Wesley Gibson |
 | Morgan Freeman | ... | Sloan |
 | Angelina Jolie | ... | Fox |
 | Terence Stamp | ... | Pekwarsky |
 | Thomas Kretschmann | ... | Cross |
 | Common | ... | Gunsmith |
 | Kristen Hager | ... | Cathy |
| Marc Warren | ... | The Repairman |
 | David O'Hara | ... | Mr. X (as David Patrick O'Hara) |
| Konstantin Khabenskiy | ... | The Exterminator (as Konstantin Khabensky) |
| Dato Bakhtadze | ... | The Butcher |
 | Chris Pratt | ... | Barry |
 | Lorna Scott | ... | Janice |
| Sophiya Haque | ... | Puja |
| Brian Caspe | ... | The Pharmacist |
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality.
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110 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
South Korea:18 |
Ireland:16 |
UK:18 |
Finland:K-15 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) |
Malaysia:18SG |
USA:R (certificate #44457) |
Canada:13+ (Québec) |
Netherlands:16 |
South Africa:16 |
Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
France:U (with warning) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
Australia:MA |
Portugal:M/16 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Brazil:18 |
Germany:18 |
Argentina:16 |
Japan:R-15 |
Sweden:15 |
Spain:18 |
Ireland:18 (DVD rating) |
Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) |
Peru:18 |
Denmark:15 |
Austria:16 |
India:A |
Iceland:16
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After Wesley leaves his job, you can see a sign for "Wicked: The Musical" in the background. Producer Marc Platt produced the Broadway show.
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Goofs:
Continuity: After Fox's car drives off the bus during the first car chase, the back window shatters. Minutes later it is back, with minimal damage.
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[first lines]
Wesley: [voice-over] It's my anorexic boss' birthday. This means there's a certain amount of inter-office pressure to stand around the conference table, eating crappy food and pretending to worship her. Acting for five minutes like Janice doesn't make all our lives miserable is the hardest work I'll do all day. My job title is account manager. I used to be called an account service representative, but a consultant told us we have to manage our clients, and to not service them. I have a girlfriend who I neither manage or service. That's my best friend Barry fucking her on an Ikea kitchen table I picked up for a really good price. I'm finding it hard to care about anything these days. In fact, the only thing I do care about is the fact that I can't care about anything. Seriously, it worries me. My name is Wesley Gibson. My dad walked out on my mom when I was seven days old. Sometimes I wonder if he ever looked into my baby blue eyes and asked himself "did I just father the most insignificant asshole of the twenty-first century"?
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Wesley: [voice-over] It's my anorexic boss' birthday. This means there's a certain amount of inter-office pressure to stand around the conference table, eating crappy food and pretending to worship her. Acting for five minutes like Janice doesn't make all our lives miserable is the hardest work I'll do all day. My job title is account manager. I used to be called an account service representative, but a consultant told us we have to manage our clients, and to not service them. I have a girlfriend who I neither manage or service. That's my best friend Barry fucking her on an Ikea kitchen table I picked up for a really good price. I'm finding it hard to care about anything these days. In fact, the only thing I do care about is the fact that I can't care about anything. Seriously, it worries me. My name is Wesley Gibson. My dad walked out on my mom when I was seven days old. Sometimes I wonder if he ever looked into my baby blue eyes and asked himself "did I just father the most insignificant asshole of the twenty-first century"?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Greek: The Day After (#3.1)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
With a Twist
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Putting it bluntly, 'WANTED' was a rather formulaic and predictable outing. A loserly, office shut-in with the help of a hot babe learns about his past and is suddenly thrust into the world of assassination, a world of flipping cars, extreme gun fights, and mind-altering stunts, thus shedding every bit of his shy, weak self. This we've all seen before.
Where 'WANTED' stands apart from any other action film I've seen is in its style. The director has upped the ante on how the action is portrayed. Gone are any sort of boundaries. This is a world where people can flawlessly flip cars over others and land perfectly upright on the other side, where people can shoot from miles away hitting nothing but their target, where people can put such a curve on bullets that they hit multiple targets standing on different planes all with one shot. If people can really do this, perhaps I'm living the same existence as Wesley, and I'm missing out. The film's major selling point is its style and its worth a viewing simply for that.
The A-List cast delivers solid performances, but the script they are given - with the exception of the last line uttered in the film - is mostly generic. James McAvoy is sympathetic and relatable as the guy who is overwhelmingly bored with his life but doesn't know how to change it - something many people understand. His transformation into tough guy is effortless and convincing. Angelina Jolie is Fox - a name quite fitting as Jolie looks fantastic; however, we've seen this character on her before. Still, she does it well. Freeman, as usual, injects intelligence into his role, playing the solemn leader of The Fraternity.
However, for all the edgy extreme events the film contains, the film is hurt by some pieces that are just plain odd and are never fully explained. For one, The Fraternity gets their targets from a secret code that is woven into tapestries by The Loom of Fate. Sounding like something from a Monty Python sketch, it is never revealed who - if anyone - controls the loom or where it derives its powers. Names are simply revealed through code and the members of The Fraternity don't ask questions. The members of The Fraternity are fully human, but seemingly invincible thanks to some sort of special wax bath devised to heal wounds very quickly. It's the film's easy out that allows them to deliver the goods on all the high-octane action they desire. Lastly, the film turns a very predictable corner that many will see coming from miles away.
When the film ends you will realize how simple it is and how ridiculous it is about 75% of the time, but you won't care. The film makes up for every flaw by smearing the screen with mind-bending stunts, unique filmography, and breathtaking visuals - yes, Ms. Jolie is one of them. It will be painfully obvious that all the simple plot details were just the framework and the real substance of the film lies not in its intricate story, but in the execution of its stunts and action. 7/10.