OMG, one of the best ever

Rating: 10/10 (3 December 2008)

Wesley Gibson's (McAvoy) life is going nowhere, and he knows it and can doing nothing about it. Then he is told his father was a top assassin and was recently killed. Wes is given the chance to avenge his father's death by joining a secret society of Assassins.
I thought the last Die Hard movie (Live Free or Die Hard) was the best ever action movie. Mr. and Mrs Smith was very good too along with Hit-man (what, you didn't see that?). Then I saw Wanted. OMG, I saw stunts that I have never seen performed before, whether in real time or CGI didn't matter. I saw bullets turn corners (well, we do know that is fiction, but it works in this movie) and I saw a brutal training program (for Wes, of course) that had me on the floor crawling to the bathroom for rolls of gauze, Neosporin, and Vicodin. Wow! This movie is on a par with Live Free or Die Hard. Excellent.
The acting by all is very good, but the stunts whether real or with CGI (hard to tell sometimes) keep this movie going at breakneck speed and you don't get lost, you are right there with it enjoying, and yes, cringing with every moment.
But, then something began to happen. I didn't care about Wes or any of the characters. I just wanted (yes, a little play on words) the stunts to keep coming, the more the better. I did not care if Wes succeeded or if anyone succeeded as long as the stunts kept coming. Yes, I felt the characters were developed enough (I knew what they were about - you will know too  hey, they are assassins, what more do you need to know?), but I just didn't care about them. I wanted more stunts. They were so good I was hooked. They were far different and superior from anything I have ever seen and Wow!
Yes, there is a story here and it's pretty good and there are some twists and turns as well.
But it will be the stunts you will be talking about. Yes, although this action movie is very good, Live Free or Die Hard is still number one with me.
Violence: Yes. Sex: Yes. An early scene jumps right into it. Really not needed here. Not for the kids. Nudity: No. Surprisingly. Language: Yes.