Abstract
Starring:
James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp,
Thom...
Review:
Angelina Jolie is packing heat, and she's going to show James
McAvoy how to load a phallic pistol and shoot his wad. What's not
to like? Wanted is what I'd call a guilty pleasure.
Translation: It's trash, but I love it anyway. Brutal, sexy, built
to thrill and minus a scintilla of redeeming social value, the
movie — based on a series of comic books by Mark Millar and
J.G. Jones — explodes like summer fireworks. And the
detonator is Timur Bekmambetov, a Kazakhstan-born director whose
Night Watch and Day Watch are huge hits in Russia
and who is determined to hit Hollywood with the same pizzazz. Not a
timid soul, Bekmambetov, who cut his teeth in the ad game, knows
how to get a story going without pesky preliminaries.
In the first scene, a professional assassin kills a few
dozen...
Rating:
3 Stars
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