More like "Hit Man: the Movie" than "Wanted" the g.n. mini-series.

Rating: 9/10 (29 June 2008)

Some you may be puzzled by the preceding statement. So, I'll explain.
The graphic novel mini-series took place in a world where thinly-disguised pastiches of DC Comics' super-villains had finally achieved victory.
The "Hit Man" movie had a bald assassin, raised and trained by some age-old secret society, going rogue when he learned that he had been framed for an assassination that he technically never committed. Sort of like Lee Harvey Oswald.
James MacAvoy, as Wesley Gibson, plays essentially the same character. With the only differences being that he initially has a dead-end job; he's not bald; and, Angelina Jolie plays his personal trainer.
Boom chick-a wow-wow!
In addition to all that, Morgan Freeman plays Mr. Sloan the same way he played Keanu Reeves' boss in "Chain Reaction" (that political thriller about cold fusion). Smoother than the skin of a snake. And, just as dangerous to get too close to while the snake is still in it!
Speaking of Keanu Reeves; the scenes that simulate the enhanced physical prowess of the Fraternity's assassins are reminiscent of the VR training sessions between Keanu and Samuel L. Jackson in "The Matrix" trilogy. Which is why I can't give this movie a perfect ten.
They're a little _too_ similar for my comfort. Almost to the point of ruining the movie!
I do like the underlying questions asked by the film, though. How much of what happens in our lives is predestination? And, how much is the result of our own actions/inactions?
Or, to put it in even simpler terms, as a result of the train-wreck scene: if it's okay to kill one person to save thousands, does that make it equally okay to kill dozens just to get one?