
QUOTE (wiki)
Wanted is a 2008 action film loosely based on the comic book miniseries Wanted by Mark Millar. The film is directed by Timur Bekmambetov and stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Kretschmann, Konstantin Khabensky and Angelina Jolie. Production began in April 2007. Wanted has a target release date of June 27, 2008.
QUOTE (IMDb)
"Wanted" tells the tale of one apathetic nobody's transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, we're introduced to a hero for a new generation: 25 year old employed slacker, WESLEY GIBSON. Wes is the most disaffected, cube-dwelling, clock-punching drone this planet has ever known. His boss chews him out hourly, his girlfriend ignores him routinely, and his life plods on in interminable boredom and routine. Everyone knows this disengaged slacker will amount to absolutely nothing, and so does he, until he meets the sexy, foxy woman named FOX, and then everything changes.
Cast:
-- James McAvoy - Wesley Gibson
-- Morgan Freeman - Sloan
-- Angelina Jolie - Fox
-- Terence Stamp - Pekwarsky
-- Thomas Kretschmann - Cross
-- Common - Gunsmith
-- Kristen Hager - Cathy
-- Marc Warren - The Repairman
Release date:
UK -- 25/June
USA -- 27/June
Sweden -- 12/Sept
Rated:
USA -- R
UK -- 18
Trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/wanted/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4pWuFv48Zk
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H'okay...
When I first saw the trailer, I was thinking... yeh, it looks like a nice Matrix-type film, why not catch it. So I saw it with my friends yesterday and I loved it ;P.
I have to say that it really isn't much of a Matrix clone and the only association of it would be the special effects and the character works in the cubicle. Apart from those details, this film reminds me of Fight Club rather than the Matrix. James McAvoy really does choose his movies well these days since I thought it he was awesome in this and a big step up from when he played Robbie in Atonement. His character in "WANTED" is way more funnier and entertaining than Neo from the Matrix and his narrating of the movie adds good comedy that the Matrix never had. The plot twist at towards the end of the movie is what reminds me of the movie Fight Club and as well as the dirty/bloody fighting ;P. What I'm happy about is that the trailer actually doesn't reveal the whole story which most trailers do these days...
So, for those who liked The Matrix and Fight Club movies, I really do recommend you catch this. ;]
