Wanted

The Story

This is the story of an out of his luck, bored with life office worker called Wesley Gibson played by James Mcavoy who one day meets with a hot woman called Fox played by the fit Angelina Jolie and she tells him that his father was killed by an assassin and that now he is the target of the same assasin.

After a chase sequence involving a car, a bus that flips over and a drive through the city at breakneck speeds Welsey and Fox escape the assasin and Fox takes Wesley to her headquarters. Wesley then learns that his father possessed abilities that only a few people have that can slow down their heart rates enabling them to slow down time and also bend bullets which Wesley also possesses.

The leader of the group of people called the Fraternity which Wesley meets at the headquarters called Sloan played by Morgan Freeman tells Wesley that they are a secret organization called upon by god to rid the world of evil using a loom. This loom tells the Fraternity who their next target is and they take it upon themselves to assassinate each target that the loom predicts.

After a rigorous training programme Wesley is shown how to use his new found powers to help the Fraternity in their cause. A double cross by Sloan changes Wesley’s feelings about the fraternity and so he decides to bring it down.

That’s about it really.

What I liked about the movie

From the beginning the action is non stop and doesn’t really slow down except for a short explanation to what is going on and it also includes Angelina Jolie doing what she does best dodging bullets and driving cars way over the speeding limit and she is hot in this movie. There is also a breathtaking train crash that sends a train over a bridge to it’s doom.

What I didn’t like

The stunts in the movie were poorly edited and didn’t really stream well together as they looked like they were just jelled together to look good. Also the story was a bit silly to me and wasn’t in the slightest way to be any bit believable which really let the film down.

Would I recommend this

I would recommend this to any action junkies out there who just want to sit back, switch their brains off and enjoy a movie without much thought taking place in their cells. Also to anyone who is a fan of Angelina Jolie should also give this film a try.

Kids would also love this as it feels like it has just jumped out of a comic book or a cartoon and came to life.

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