Wanted
A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
Director:
Timur BekmambetovWriters:
Michael Brandt (screenplay), Derek Haas (screenplay), 5 more credits »Stars:
Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman | See full cast and crew »Storyline
A young man finds out his long lost father is an assassin. When his
father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old
organization and trained by a man named Sloan to follow in his dad's
footsteps. Written by
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User Reviews
Wanted dead and alive
Right first things
first this is an extremely enjoyable action movie, but for it to work
for you must suspend your sense of disbelief. With this done there is
much to be enjoyed here. The premise of an agent order of assassin
weavers is lets face it pretty ropey, and I am not sure how true it is
to the comic source material (which I will probably dig out at some
point), and Morgan Freeman is really playing it by numbers here. But we
have some amazing and original action sequences that really do move the
movie on at a frenetic pace. Yes we can see the massive influence of
'The Matrix' and 'Fight Club' and lets just hope if there are sequels
they do not go the way of the shoddy follow ups to the Matrix. I like
the fact that some of the characters are played by different actors than
your normal action movie types, though to be honest I am not sure about
McAvoy's American accent, though he handles everything else well. Still
much better than your average action movie and worth repeat viewings if
you are a fan of the genre.