Surprising well-made action/adventure/thriller that is extremely entertaining.

Rating: 9/10 (15 July 2008)

Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) is a bored Account Manager, who doesn't care anymore that his girlfriend (Kristen Hager) is cheating with his best friend (Chris Pratt) at work. He also can't stand his annoying overweight female boss as well. One night... when he was at the pharmacy, he meets an mysterious attractive woman named Fox (Oscar-Winner:Angelina Jolie). She tells Wesely, she knew her father and he was one of the best assassins in the world until he was murder. At first, Wesley doesn't believe nothing she said until an mysterious assassin named Cross (Thomas Kretschmann) tries to kill him and Fox. Now Wesley finds himself running for his life along with the help of Fox. When Wesley meets the boss of Fox named Sloan (Oscar-Winner:Morgan Freeman), who tells Wesely he has the choice to life the life of a highly trained assassins or he could goes back to his ordinary boring life. After a few days of thinking through, Wesley decides to join Sloan and Fox for his training. Which Sloan and Fox are members of the Fratenity. Which it's a highly secreted society of assassins, it's going on for a thousand years. Their targets by the Fratenity are choosing by the Loom of Fate, a loom that gives the identity of their next target through a binary code hidden in the weaving of the threads. Wesley finds out that his training is no laughing matter, since it's extremely harsh and he is using his time as well to find out how was his father like and to find his father's killer with the help of Fox.
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch, Day Watch) made an highly entertaining action-thrill ride that plenty of creative action sequences, great visual moments and plenty of dark humour as well. McAvoy is excellent as the geeky young man, who finally takes control on his life to be a trained killer. Freeman and Jolie gives good supporting performances as well. "Wanted" is based on a Comic Book Series by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones. Which i heard it is somewhat completely different from the Comic Books. Director Bekmambetov gives some of the finest action sequences since "The Matrix". Which i was glad since i was getting tired of action movies these days were using too much CGI effects but this one, director Bekmambetov goes a step further by making the action looking visually impressive. "Wanted" is one of those movies, you can't wait to see in theaters again or once it's comes out on DVD/Blu-ray. I was completely blown-away with the action, visual style, humour and of course, the story. I enjoyed the premise very much but i think it was McAvoy's role made "Wanted" to be one of the most unique things to be enjoyed. Danny Elfman (Batman, The Frighteners, Men in Black) offers an completely different music that his usual dark Gothic style score. Don't miss it. Screenplay by Michael Brandt, Derek Haas and Chris Morgan (The Fast & The Furious:Tokyo Drift, Cellular). Which Brandt and Haas wrote movie scripts together like (3:10 to Yuma "2007", 2 Fast 2 Furious). Super 35. (**** ½/*****).