action is a rush but the rest of the film requires a leap of faith

Rating: Null/10 (28 June 2008)

Wesley Gibson is the guy everyone can relate to: he hates his job, his girlfriend is unfaithful, his best friend has betrayed him, and life in general just seems like a big waste of time. Little does he know that his long lost father was one of the world's deadliest assassins, that is until his latest assignment cost him his life. Wesley is recruited by a mysterious fraternity to become his father's successor, but in order to do so he's going to have to endure hell. Loud, ugly, and incoherent, this one is sure please action fans with it's flashy, Matrix-like action scenes, unrelenting pace, and abundance of brutal violence, but at the end of the day it's hard to root for—or care—about any of these characters. **