Wanted: Think Shoot Em’ Up meets The Matrix. It has a hardcore imagination like the original Matrix, but it’s trapped inside a piece of garbage like Shoot Em’ Up. So what’s the outcome? A slam bang-thriller that has no purpose but to just make sure stuff gets blown up.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Angelina Jolie told reporters that she chooses projects based on her stages in life. She needed a movie with something physical, which is why she took on Wanted. She plays Fox, a secret assassin apart of a secret organization called The Fraternity. Their philosophy is kill one person to save a thousand (a premise once again for just gun battles). Fox picks up Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) at a pharmacy to tell him that his father (an assassin) had just been killed. McAvoy is a low level employee at a dead end job (picture Office Space), he has no money, and his girlfriend is cheating on him with his best friend. He definitely has a lot of stress to get rid of, making him a perfect candidate for a new job for a killer.
When McAvoy is taken to meet the members, it makes sense to have Morgan Freeman be the President of the Fraternity. It’s worth the price of admission just to hear Freeman get pissed and swear. He’s not the sweet and gentle narrator this time around. There are several scenes with McAvoy being trained involving curving bullets, a rehabilitation session that cures gunshot wounds, and a huge book-lined library.
Ok, did you get that? Because I didn’t. Nothing really makes sense or needs to happen in Wanted, but as the film continues, your brain leaves the room and your adrenaline kicks in. It’s a schlock fest, where coherence is punished and action is rewarded.
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