Two-for-one
Tuesday - a movie and a half
WANTED
CAST:
James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan
Freeman and Common
GENRE:
Action/Sci-Fi
LENGTH:
Two hours and four minutes
RATINGS:
X (21)
DIRECTED
BY: Tim Bekmambetov
Previously
directed works: Day Watch, Night
Watch, 9 and The Arena
If
you like 'Wanted' and the 'Incredible
Hulk', check out:
The
Dark Knight, Hancock
and Hell Boy 2: The Golden Army.
Wanted
has an incredible degree of seriousness
to it, but, after close examination,
you realise that it is just the
typical Hollywood exploitation;
though, for the first time, I relish
being a part of the ploy.
Complete
with an all-star cast (the hot female,
the hot, unexpected male lead and
the old venerable performer), Wanted
plays to our emotions by openly
engaging us in conversations (to
which many moviegoers replied during
the film). At first glance, Wanted
appears as complex as a puzzle,
but after the second watch it begins
to look like a game of spin the
bottle, thrilling but expected.
Wesley
Gibson (James McAvoy) may just be
the most irrelevant person in the
world, much like you and me, as
the movie is eager to point out.
Pushed to his limits by the insignificance
of his life, though it may be difficult,
he is willing to graduate to a more
lethal form of employment.
The
Fraternity
Mysteriously
recruited by the secret organisation
known as the Fraternity, Wesley
is welcomed into a world of skilled
'deathmanship' and bullet bending
in hopes of ridding the fraternity
of a determined rogue assassin.
But as the bullets turn, we come
to the realisation that the Fraternity
may not be what it seems and the
ideals the members strive to maintain,
perverted.
Wanted
and The Matrix may claim
a few similarities, however Wanted
is able to maintain one thing The
The Matrix can't and that
is believability. The stunts and
the bullets may seem a bit unlikely,
however Wanted does not have
that eerie element of the supernatural;
there are no individuals teleporting
themselves through telephones. They
don't live in make-believe, it's
the real world in bullet speed honey,
get used to it.
Entertainment
Wanted
is purely for entertainment, although
it could claim some deeper meaning
with its elements of introspection.
Although it does seem as if I've
seen it all before: the evil old
guy with the menacing looks, the
new guy who acts as the 'be all
to end all', the slightly shallow
characters who appear as seat-fillers
and the cool one-barrel names. Wanted
is an action-packed experience;
once it grabs a hold of you it never
lets go and the astounding cinematography
ensures that you are around for
every twist, turn and death the
movie delivers.
The
graphics and stunts are not meant
to be examined for their authenticity.
Watch it and be shocked, rock to
the pounding beats, be awed by the
complexity of the graphics and some
of the characters and answer the
man when he asks, 'What have you
done lately?'
Wanted
is guaranteed to blow you away;
literally, we dare you to call their
bluff, if you can.
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Angelina
Jolie, who plays Fox, and
James McAvoy (side mirror)
as Wesley in the fantasy thriller
'Wanted'.
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Wes
(James McAvoy, left) is taught
the secrets of the Fraternity
by leader Sloan (Morgan Freeman)
in the action movie 'Wanted'.
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The
movie you may have missed:
The
Incredible Hulk
Edward
Norton and Liv Tyler
At
point-blank range, you will see
that The Incredible Hulk
has more to offer than the previous
attempt; it has fewer pretences
and drama of the hard-hitting, action-packed
variety, not the moody storyline
we were exposed to in The Hulk.
Eagerly anticipated, The Incredible
Hulk is the Robert Downey Jr
in Iron Man to my summer
movie line-up.
Summary:
General
Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross seeks
to create a league of extraordinary
soldiers with the use of the Hulk's
DNA; while his daughter Betty Ross
still finds herself dangerously
in love with Bruce Banner, the man
who holds the key to the ferocious
green giant. Off the radar, Bruce
searches for a possible cure, however,
as a new gamma creation poses a
huge threat, Bruce must decide whether
to embrace his alter ego or banish
it forever.
The
breakdown:
