Sarcastic Fun Action Movie for Guyz

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2009)

I knew from the adverts that this was a Badboy Assassin action movie-- plus it had Angelina Jolie! What's more is there to think about? Plus, I don't write reviews for Blockbusters as a rule, because everyone else is doing so already. WANTED is different though.
And so you put in the DVD and are introduced to Mr Gibson via the dweeb voice-over narrative describing his pathetic little life. And you go "Hey? This isn't Bourne Ultimatum!"
That's because it ain't. The Bourne Series, good in their own right, is NOT FUNNY. They're serious. And this ain't the Matrix. For God's sake, someone tell me if there's such a thing as a FUNNY Keanu Reaves movie. I don't THINK so!
When I say "Wanted" is Sarcastic Funny-- I don't mean Girlfriend "ha-ha-ha" fake laugh funny. I don't mean Siskel & Ebert "Oh that comedic line touched my sardonic sense of humor" funny. This isn't metrosexual funny.
This Movie is Guyz funny. It's a buncha guyz with pizza 'n' beer funny. It's a buncha guyz who took the crap at work all day and need a hoot funny. It's bang tha wall funny. It's the Funny that Mothers and controlling Girlfriends disapprove of because when the Guyz aren't laughing, they're ROARING approval at the screen. And the women frankly don't understand WHY.
Naw-- people, "Wanted" is over the top action, good script, good characters. The premise is simple: little guy wakes up and realizes he's not one of the sheep. Instead, he's a Wolf.
And when he wakes up to being 'Tha Man', everything Wesley Gibson goes through as his life changes touches something deep and ordinary in everyday Guyz. Because the script was written to speak to Working Joes and Guyz. Not the New York Times Elite. Not the cellphone vamps. Not the Siskel & Ebert Wannabees. Not the vapid girlfriend.
And when that Stapler is clicked for the LAST time and taken AWAY. . . Guyz say with Quiet Reverence: "Oh yeah. I'm down with that. I am TOTALLY down with that."
Sneer at this movie if you want-- but you don't have the hormones, you won't get it.
This movie is a Beer and Pizza event. Call over the Pals and throw the females into the kitchen and tell them to make sandwiches and STAY OUT. And Turn the sound UP!!!