Rubbish...that's all I have to say about that

Rating: 1/10 (31 January 2009)

Wanted is a dull exercise in guns, blood, ridiculous vehicular stunts, and mediocre CGI. I appreciate the film's unapologetic, in-your-face attitude, but the experience is overwhelmingly generic. There's your usual bullet-bending, Matrix-style action hackishly combined with a story about a nebbishy CPA who discovers he's the son of an assassin.
McAvoy is unremarkable in the lead role...I actually found him quite grating and unlikeable and never really believed he was some badass killer. There's some star power here as well w/ Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie's lips...they are adequate but not really given much to work with. And anyway, the actors take a backseat to the bloody action and mayhem, which I've seen done better in some of the ultraviolent Asian action flicks this movie is so obviously trying to emulate.
Stay away from Wanted, filmgoing public. Stay away!