more WANTED is NEEDED
WANTED starring James McAvoy, Angela Jolie and Morgan Freeman has rocketed to one of my top movies of the year. I have sorely missed a hardcore R-rated action movie that did not rely on humor as a tension breaker. Definitely a movie to be seen on the biggest screne possbile. I am not the most original movie buff, so if its a tired cliche' than okay but I haven't heard it yet, this movie is very much a mix of Matrix and Fight Club.
McAvoy (Last King of Scotland) is Wesley Gibson a schmuck who lets the whole world step on him. Knowing this, he still allows it, wallowing in his apparent ambivilance but finds some kind of nobility in not being able to cope with life.
Once Wesley's character has been established and the backstory put into place, Jolie (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) and Freeman (Shawshank Remption) along with a cast of background characters introduce Wesley to The Fraternity, a centuries old group of assassins who can bend reality and move their bodies at superhuman speeds.
Its in this montage that we get a bloodier version of Fight Club and a ground in Hollywood reality version of the Matrix. I often wondered throughout the movie why more emphasis was not made on physical ability of the assassins in chase scenes but I suppose there needed to be some mortal drama that needed to be fullfilled for the story to continue.
Theaters are much too crowded with good gun oriented action movies however they are either horror based such as the zombie genre or incorporate the funny sidekickor humor based release. Then neutered to PG-13. WANTED is a curse filled, bloody, violent movie. The begininng and end of the movie end with a end of special effects that redefine the reality of sniping combat with CGI. The ending is certainly set up for continuing sequals which I think should happen based on the $62 million opening weekend.
If this DVD comes out with a commentary track starring any of the main actors and filled with special features this could be the disc to get or give come Christmas.
McAvoy (Last King of Scotland) is Wesley Gibson a schmuck who lets the whole world step on him. Knowing this, he still allows it, wallowing in his apparent ambivilance but finds some kind of nobility in not being able to cope with life.
Once Wesley's character has been established and the backstory put into place, Jolie (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) and Freeman (Shawshank Remption) along with a cast of background characters introduce Wesley to The Fraternity, a centuries old group of assassins who can bend reality and move their bodies at superhuman speeds.
Its in this montage that we get a bloodier version of Fight Club and a ground in Hollywood reality version of the Matrix. I often wondered throughout the movie why more emphasis was not made on physical ability of the assassins in chase scenes but I suppose there needed to be some mortal drama that needed to be fullfilled for the story to continue.
Theaters are much too crowded with good gun oriented action movies however they are either horror based such as the zombie genre or incorporate the funny sidekickor humor based release. Then neutered to PG-13. WANTED is a curse filled, bloody, violent movie. The begininng and end of the movie end with a end of special effects that redefine the reality of sniping combat with CGI. The ending is certainly set up for continuing sequals which I think should happen based on the $62 million opening weekend.
If this DVD comes out with a commentary track starring any of the main actors and filled with special features this could be the disc to get or give come Christmas.
posted by Comm's @ 9:39 AM
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