Why...It could have been great!

Rating: 1/10 (1 October 2009)

This movie just stinks...no sugar-coating, no "the actors were good, but the plot was lame"...it just stinks I have to admit: I'm a huge fan of the original comic. It's fun, it's hardcore, it's evil...but it's AWESOME! I was thrilled, when I saw the trailer for "Wanted"...but then I came to realize: they took out all the good parts! Let me elaborate: The movie roughly follows the comic to the point where Wesley is brought to the fraternity...there, the similarities end. In the comic, Wesley is to become part of the organization of the secret masters of the world - an association of super-villains.
Just to give you an incentive to go and get the comic: when Fox and Wesley first meet...Fox kills an entire bar full of people, just to prove a f***ing point! The sad thing is: this movie could have been great! If it had stuck to the original material, it would have been able to compete with Sin City or 300...but the director seems to not have had the guts to make a movie where the protagonist is a villain...