Nervous wreck gets recruited by elite assassins.

Rating: 7/10 (12 August 2008)

Here's what you need to know real fast.
Wanted is a movie "somewhat" reminiscent of the Matrix and Die Hard movies as far as the action goes. It concerns a secret group of elite assassins and a new recruit that get their marching orders from a "loom" (Say what?!!). Yeah, you heard me right. So we're clear: the weaving machine --not the "loon" which is a diving bird. However, since the loom operates like a crazy raffle wherein even the assassins themselves can be targeted you are within your rights if you want to confuse loom with loon. My recommendation is that you not think too hard and just enjoy the ride because the movie is entertaining. At this point, if you have better things to do --go do them. You have the essentials. If not, pray continue to read the rest of my crap --er--my views.
Now, continuing with the loon --I mean "loom" business: The assassins apparently don't know anything about their targets beyond a name, a face, and a location. So they have to take it on faith that they deserve to die; that the world would be a better place without them. As well, they must view the kill as an act of "fate". Hmmmm!
Another of my issues was that the powers of the assassins is not, in my view, adequately explained beyond saying that it is the result of some kind of adrenalin rush that they can consciously control. I didn't completely buy that. But that's me.
When the assassins get injured they take some sort of healing bath that makes them recover very quickly. My question is: why not share this with medical science which would do a lot more good than randomly offing people you don't know anything about? This brings us to the important question of whether the assassins purpose is indeed to do good --or are they "blind assassins" to which good and bad as we ordinarily think of it is irrelevant?
Finally, there is some humor in this movie and in my opinion the best laughs comes from Morgan Freeman who throughout most of the movie had a dignified, urbane, and erudite bearing. ---But then he goes "street" on everybody's ass. I don't want to say anymore. See for yourself. One last thing: watch for the clever path of that bullet as it basically says "f**k you!" to four people all at once. My goodness, two birds with one stone is nothing compared to this! Love, Boloxxxi.