Not as Much Fun as I Hoped

Rating: 6/10 (11 May 2016)

Wanted is based off the comic book series of the same title, and follows a man who lives an unsatisfying life and gets recruited as an assassin to kill the man who killed his father.
The plot isn't anything special, nor is it presented in any particularly special way. We see how bad his life is, get some intro to the characters, some action, a training montage, etc. Nothing we've never seen before.
The characters are, again, nothing special. There really isn't much development of them, nor are they particularly interesting. The main character was somewhat, but everyone else isn't.
The action was decent. I expected this just to be an over-the-top fun action movie, but there really wasn't all that much of it. The handful of action scenes were pretty great, there just weren't enough of them.
One thing that particularly bothered me was James McAvoy's scream. He screamed fairly often, and it was really annoying to listen to. I don't know why, it just didn't sound like a real scream.
Overall Wanted is just decent. The action is great but too spread out, the characters are okay, and the plot is extremely average. In the end I doubt I'd recommend this movie, as it really doesn't have much to offer.