Oh Dear...

Rating: 2/10 (22 October 2008)

I don't get this film to be honest. Having received so much praise and attention from the media I felt compelled to check it out. What a waste of 2 hours. The highlight was when Nine Inch Nails appeared on the soundtrack a few minutes in...
To me, this seemed like it was heavily influenced by the incredible "Fight Club", a film which most people will agree was fantastic. This, however, had a completely ridiculous plot line, LAME acting (I really don't like James McAvoy..) and corny action scenes. Don't get me wrong I love a good action film, and senseless violence can be great if done properly, but in Wanted it was done very badly.
I thought I was the only way that felt this way, but after much searching I found many people that share my opinion. How this got so much I attention I'll never know, maybe because of Morgan Freeman?
Anyway..as I mentioned earlier, to me this film seems like a rip of off Fight Club (what with the inner monologues, the journey the main character goes through and the way the action was directed) that was done VERY badly. I couldn't stop thinking James McAvoy was trying to copy Edward Norton..
This film gets two stars purely because Morgan Freeman was in it and it had NIN on the soundtrack. That's it. I urge people with a decent film taste to steer well clear of this. However, if you like useless plot lines and corny action scenes, be my guest.