Wanted (2008) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	June 27, 2008
On DVD:	December 2, 2008
Genre:	Sci-Fi, Suspense
Director:	Timur Bekmambetov
Writer:	Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan
Cast:	James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Common, Kristen Hager, Konstantin Khabensky, Terence Stamp
Studio:	Universal Pictures
Official site:	wantedmovie.com
Running Time:	108 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality

Based upon Mark Millar's explosive graphic novel series and helmed by the stunning visualist director Timur Bekmambetov--creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history, the "Night Watch" series--"Wanted" tells the story of one invisible drone's transformation into a dark avenger. In 2008, the world will be introduced to a superhero for a new millennium: Wesley Gibson.

25-year-old account manager Wes (James McAvoy) was the most pathetic, cube-dwelling hypochondriac the planet had ever known. His...

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Review by Nathan Samdahl (B+)

I agree with John Stewart's interview with James McAvoy, saying that this movie "should suck, but it doesn't." For all intensive purposes a story about a thousand year old fraternity of assassins who get their directives from a giant loom should not be good. Especially, when the background of the fraternity is only explored in a cursory manner and the story only allows for few and brief moments of character development.

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