I Hate Wanted

Rating: 2/10 (11 September 2011)

Let me just get this straight out of the way, I F**KING HATED This MOVIE!!! And you know, it's not like I knew I was going to hate it, when I first saw the trailers for this movie back in early 2008, I was hyped up, I thought the whole, curving bullets thing looked awesome. I didn't get to see it in theaters because I was 15, my mom wouldn't take me, and my dad hates Angelina Jolie, so it slipped from my mind. Then around mid 2010, I was browsing a pawn shop, and found a copy of the film for 5 dollars, so I bought it.
Why do I hate this movie, well, I think the biggest problem has to be the premise. Just the fact that these people kill because a magical loom is telling them to through binary code. What proof do they have that this loom is magic, besides an old tale? Well, it turns out Fox's parents were killed because a man that shot them wasn't taken out by a member of the fraternity. Not only is this idea stupid, its a rip-off of Minority Report. In that film, three psychics called preclogs, tell when a murder is going to happen before it happens, then precrime stops them and throws them into a vegetable state. I'm sorry, but this whole magic loom idea doesn't make any sense, if it tells the murder of any human on the planet, then it would never stop, if its only Chicago, then, was this loom really found in Chicago, does it just adapt to it's surroundings.
Forget the plot, how about the fact that the acting is awful. Morgan Freeman is the only one to give a descent job, everyone else is just bland. The characters are annoying, especially Wesley, he takes wimp to a whole another level. I'm a wimp, and I probably would be the s**t out of this guy if I ever saw him, he's that annoying. He's basically what would happen if you put Shia LaBeouf and Micheal Cera together and took out all likability.
Oh, and another thing, this movie stretches the suspension of disbelief around the freaking earth before it finally just breaks. I called bulls**t so many times, from surviving a fall into a river 100 feet and not breaking any bones. To this newcomer taking down the entire fraternity in just a couple minutes. And shooting a bullet, all the way across town, through a donut, coffee, and finally through Morgan Freeman. And you know, I could handle all that, I mean, I love 2012, I love Cloverfield, I like a lot of action and disaster movies that you need to suspend your disbelief to enjoy, but there's one problem, this movie is BORING!!!
The first time I tried watching this, I fell asleep half way thorough, and the second time I actually had to fight to stay awake. The action in this movie isn't very interesting, first of all it looks like its ripping off the Matrix, but the editing is a mess. It's always, jump cutting, it nearly gave me a headache. The only enjoyable parts of this movie were Morgan Freeman, and the train derailment.
Oh, and the plot holes.
I normally don't mind plot holes, I mean, one of my favorite Steven Spielberg movies is War of the Worlds, and that had a lot of plot holes, but here are a few reasons I forgave the plot holes in WOTW, and not in Wanted.
1. Likable characters 2. Awesome Action 3. Great Special Effects (Seriously the CG bullets in Wanted look like S**t) 4. Actual Suspense 5. Entertainment Value
Even WOTW had an annoying character (Racheal) who I could forgive because I was having fun, I don't have fun with Wanted.
Not only does this movie suck, but it's unbelievably overrated. The film currently has a 72% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.9 on IMDb. This currently stands as the second most overrated film I have ever seen after The Hurt Locker, but The Hurt Locker is a much better film. Don't misunderstand me, if you like the movie, that's great, I'm happy for you, but personally, I can't stand it. And I've never read the comic, so I'm not upset that they didn't follow the source material. The film was just a mess, full of plot holes, annoying characters, boring action, and tons of bulls**t. The only reason it doesn't get a 1 is because it isn't the worst movie I've ever seen, and thus it automatically gets a two, Damn you Uwe Boll.