Holy shit! An amazing movie! Wanted.

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Right, so this is about a film I saw called Wanted. It’s pure action, and the story is a little weak in parts. I mean, the premise is that a bunch of weavers decided to make a secret guild of assassins… um, okay. There are a few other weak points, but I don’t want to spoil them.

Now, my favorite way to describe this film is that they “reinvented The Matrix.” Not for the big shocking plot twist (which I won’t say in case someone somehow hasn’t seen it). But for little details of the story setup, for one thing. For instance, let’s compare Wesley Gibson and Thomas Anderson. What do they have in common? They both work dull office jobs they hate. They’re both losers; Wesley is a pushover who will never get anywhere in life, and Mr. Anderson lives his life on the internet as his hacker alias Neo. In other words, he’s a geek with no social life. Then, they’re recruited into organizations that scream badass. They realize their true potential; skill and power that they had all along, locked inside of them, waiting to resurface.

And then, the more interesting similarity between the two films is the characters’ ability to bend the laws of physics. In Wanted, one character jumps out a window in an office building, and lands on top of another building across the street. Characters make their cars barrel roll over other cars, without even trading paint. And the coolest feat, of course, is when they make bullets arc. If they need to shoot a target, but something is in the direct line of fire, and whip their hand around as they fire, like they’re throwing a curve-ball in baseball. It sounds really cheesy, but the director, or actors, or editor, or whoever makes it really cool.

I don’t want to spoil anything, so I’ll just finish by saying some of the actors. It has Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, and  the main character, James McAvoy. McAvoy’s acting was a little stale at first, but he recovered quickly. Overall a great movie. Go see it if you haven’t. Not for children obviously.

Fu out.

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