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Wanted (DVD)

James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman

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As with the classic Small Soldiers of a few years back; the twist is that one first has to sort out who the "good guys" really are!

Wesley Allen Gibson (James McAvoy) is a young man in his early 20s, who suffers panic attacks particularly while employed in the dead-end job he despises...until he learns that he is being head-hunted by The Fraternity - a thousand year old secret society of assassins - of which his late father (unbeknown to him) was a member. The group's leader, Sloan, is played by Morgan Freeman, here sporting a rather severe-looking haircut.

Also in the cast are Terence Stamp as Pekwarsky, a rogue agent who operates outside of The Fraternity, and a somewhat unflattering-looking Angelina Jolie, as Fox - one of Sloan's assistants who mentors Wesley. Angelina looks merely glamorous, not beautiful, in this one...but perhaps that was the intention.

There is violence aplenty, and with more than just a passing nod to The Matrix, the film can't seem to make up its mind as to whether it wants to be a straight fantasy actioner, or a comedy. More clarity on this issue would've enhanced audience appreciation...though it's not too bad as is.
Wesley Gibson is a cube-dwelling hypochondriac; humiliated by his boss and cuckolded by his cheating girlfriend, and seems not able to achieve anything in life. Upon discovering that the father he never knew has been brutally murdered, however, the spineless, clock-punching pushover is recruited into a secret society of assassins known as The Fraternity.

During his training, the man who was once an office-bound wimp develops lightning-fast reflexes and superhuman dexterity courtesy of his skilled mentor Fox. Wes is assigned the task of dealing out death to the mythological Fates who possess the ability to alter the lifelines of mortal men. He gradually begins to suspect that his wise tutors are not the crime-fighting enforcers they present themselves to be.

Wes is about to find out that the only thing more difficult than ending the lives of others is summoning the courage to take control of his own.

General

Studio: Universal Pictures
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: November 2008
Actors: James McAvoy • Angelina Jolie • Morgan Freeman
Dimensions: 192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: DVD
Running time: 1 hour, 51 minutes
Region encoding: Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format: Dolby Digital 5.1  Dolby Digital 5.1
Age restriction: 16 SLV
Categories: DVD > Action
DVD > Adventure
DVD > Feature Film
LSN: XW7-3FP-4FH-5
Barcode: 6003805094384

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Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | Review by: Red J.

What a silly movie. An organization of assassins can do almost anything, yet they require a "nobody" who works as an office drone. Their big "reveal reason" for wanting him to join doesn't even make that much sense, cos they're supposed to be "SO" well trained in the first place. Plus they can manage to do the most impossible stunts in the world as if they all had formal training at Cirque Du Soleil and can kill any target at anytime but yet they're so dumb they cant think for themselves. Cos they all seem to get taken by surprise for the final "twist". And the most absurd plot point: wnat to know how they choose their targets? By getting a yarn of wool, and seeing which name it spits out. Honestly. As idiotic as that sounds, thats what happens. 2 awesome action set-pieces (One involving a car and a bus, and the other involving a train falling of a suspension bridge over a canyon) managed to save me from gouging out my eyes. And my disappointment in Morgan Freeman is growing, as he was one of my fave actors, but seems to be doing anything for money these days. (Edison, The Contract, Wanted.) And as for Angelina, looking nothing like her former voluptuous self, and seeming kinda sickly is distractingly nauseating. James McAvoy does a half-way decent job for the first 30 minutes, until he turns into the spawn of Neo (from Matrix)

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