Running Time: 1 hr. 48 min.
Release Date: June 27th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality.
Distributors: Universal Pictures Distribution
Production Co.: Kickstart Productions, Marc Platt Productions, Top Cow Entertainment
Studios: Universal Pictures
Filming Locations: Prague,
Chicago, USA
Produced in: United States
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A movie that stars Angelina Jolie (and her extra-jointed thumb)…do you need any more reason to watch this movie?
Seriously, though, the merits of this movie doesn’t only include Angelina’s delicious behind. If you want some cool ass-kicking, be it formulaic and Hollywoody, action movie filled with jaw-dropping visuals and perfectly choreographed fight scenes, then this is your movie.
Wanted is a movie that tells the story of how a young average guy, whose life totally sucks (who wouldn’t think so, with a boss who kept snapping staplers in front of your face?), turned from dork to demon when he learned by joining the Fraternity that he’s a born assassin. He submitted himself to the tutelage of the foxy Fox (Angelina Jolie) and the other bold, weapon-wielding assassins of the Fraternity overseen by Sloan (Morgan Freeman), fired up by his desire to avenge the death of his father who’s also an assassin member of the group. In the end, though, he gleaned the truth from the lies and set out to claim justice from the real antagonist.
One of my favorite scenes is the one when Angelina scooped up a bent over McAvoy into the red car by make a tire-burning, almost 360-degree turn. I think a lot of guys, since watching this movie, have fantasized being kidnapped this way.
