popcorn, reviews, Angelina Joly, (Morgan Freeman)

Not half as cool as it wants to be.

All of the plot and character elements that made the book interesting are gone from the movie.

After you put this movie in, you may be slightly confused. I encourage you to leave the film in, it is definitely worth it. For action seekers, this movie is perfect. Based on the life of an assassin, this movie stretches the impossible and leaves you in awe through many scenes. This movie is full of action and will hold you to your seat waiting to see what will happen next. I suggest this movie to anyone who doesn't mind the occasional curse word in exchange for intense action displays.

Wanted is a big, loud, and stupid action movie. It is well aware of this, and rather than take itself seriously, it decides to just have fun. And it does. Its action scenes are directed with considerable style. The actors know what kind of movie this is, and play their roles accordingly. James McAvoy has a good everyman quality that makes him likeable. Jolie is seductive and dangerous as the appropriately named Fox. Morgan Freeman is Morgan Freeman. You could do a lot worse than Wanted, really.

I expected a bit more, and while there are some very cool aspects, it's pretty lacking.

If you want some slick action scene's, watch this one.

Just awful.

I really took a liking to this movie.

I saw this with a bunch of action-savvy mates of mine and we all saw at least one cool new action movie convention that we'd always wanted to see in an action film. The morality about the questionable "loom of fate" is initially silly, but I think it gets explained pretty solidly. McAvoy's character is relatable through some well-written and contemporary filmic scenes, but his rise to action-star is only by "chosen one" luck which undermines the self-righteous final line.