An Unholy But Everyday Union Between a Fawn and A. Jolie

Rating: 7/10 (30 June 2008)

"A Fraternity of Assassins"...the assassin thing is just worn out. However, most everyone one passes on the street, at the water cooler, in the gymn, etc., all have issues. Don't even say, "Nice day, huh?", even in passing, lest they snap on you. This is what makes the "assassin-escapee from the cubicle" characters so appealing. One can live his/her deepest, darkest fantasy vicariously by watching this movie. Poor Angelina. She is just a tan, tattooed, bag-o-bones (the getting-out-of-the-rejuva-pool-naked scene). Why does she do these things to herself? Don't get me wrong...I consider her a great actor, a wonderful humanitarian, appropriately eccentric like most great artists are, and probably just a great gal to simply hang out and drink beer with (unless she tries to involve you in some of her "cutting games"...). I would decline on arm-wrestling her for fear of breaking her arm. It seems that she is trying to obscure her beauty with the tats, as if she is trying to force people to see her as a person, not as just a pretty face/body (Megan Fox of "Transformers" fame likely idolizes her). Could it also be that, having witnessed the utter squalor too many people around the world must live in, including starvation, she chooses to starve herself because 1) She is ashamed to be all healthy and privileged around those who are obviously not 2) She wants to cultivate an appearance which allows her to more easily walk amongst them, or 3) Both? This is not to bash Angelina. I'm actually concerned for her, Brad, and their little "diversi-garten". "Wanted" seemed so formulaic to me. Echoes of Bruce Wayne's first encounter with the "League of Shadows", perhaps? In "Wanted", it's simply renamed, "The Fraternity". "Hitman", "Jason Bourne"...do we really need any more assassins? SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!! When "Fox" takes her final shot which offs the ring of assassins, considering how fast such a bullet would travel, how does she manage to return her head to an upright position so fast, BEFORE THE BULLET COMES FULL CIRCLE TO PIERCE HER OWN TEMPLE? This way, Jolie won't have to do a sequel. Hey, she's a busy lady! However, I would have liked to have seen her in a sequel with McAvoy. Regardless that, as of now, kids all over the world are sneaking their mommy or daddy's .45 cal. out behind the house to try the bullet-slingin' trick on their friends. Creeeepy....