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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Michael Brandt (screenplay) &
Derek Haas (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
27 June 2008 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Choose your destiny. more
Plot:
A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 11 nominations more
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Do yourself a favour. Read the book! more (652 total)

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Also Known As:
Se busca (Argentina) (Peru) (Uruguay) (Venezuela) [es]
Особо опасен (Russia) [ru]
O Procurado (Brazil) [pt]
Recherché (Canada: French title) [fr]
Tagaotsitav (Estonia) [et]
Trazen (Croatia) [hr]
Wanted (Japan: English title) [en]
Wanted (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Wanted (Greece) [el]
Wanted - Scegli il tuo destino (Italy) [it]
Wanted - Se busca (Spain) [es]
Wanted: Choisis ton destin (France) [fr]
Wonteddo (Japan) [ja]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality.
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110 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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James McAvoy worked out to improve his physique for the film's action scenes, and suffered several injuries during shooting, including a twisted ankle and an injured knee. more
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Wesley types in his name in the search engine, www.google.com, he enters it without quotations, and gets no results. However, in order to get no results for a name, you would have to put the name in quotations, like "Wesley Gibson" - assuming there is someone by that name. If you only enter the name without quotations, like in the film, the search query will yield any results for Wesley, and any results for Gibson, like Wesley + Gibson as opposed to "Wesley Gibson", making it factually impossible for a search engine to yield zero results. There would be plenty of results for Gibson and Wesley, seeing as both are common names respectively. more
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Wesley: [voice-over] It's my anorexic boss' birthday. This means there's a certain amount of inter-office pressure to stand around the conference table, eating crappy food and pretending to worship her. Acting for five minutes like Janice doesn't make all our lives miserable is the hardest work I'll do all day. My job title is account manager. I used to be called an account service representative, but a consultant told us we have to manage our clients, and to not service them. I have a girlfriend who I neither manage or service. That's my best friend Barry fucking her on an Ikea kitchen table I picked up for a really good price. I'm finding it hard to care about anything these days. In fact, the only thing I do care about is the fact that I can't care about anything. Seriously, it worries me. My name is Wesley Gibson. My dad walked out on my mom when I was seven days old. Sometimes I wonder if he ever looked into my baby blue eyes and asked himself "did I just father the most insignificant asshole of the twenty-first century"?
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References Top Gun (1986) more
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With a Twist more

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46 out of 84 people found the following comment useful.
Do yourself a favour. Read the book!, 4 August 2008
6/10
Author: da_flipboy from Hamilton, Ontario

So a friend told me how the book was very different from the movie, and made me read the book... and boy was he right. But more about that later...

I recall seeing one of the producers say in an interview that due to all the superhero movies out, they intentionally went for a more "realistic" approach. I kept this in mind as I watched this movie. That said, I can only say that it's good, not great.

James McAvoy, who I've been a fan of since "Rory O'Shea Was Here", does an acceptable job as the movie's main character. However, I couldn't help but notice his accent seem to be just a little off here and there, which was a little distracting for me. Morgan Freeman and Angelina put in some reliable, albeit unremarkable, roles. And Common, a guy who has more on screen gravitas than most actors, is sadly underused.

The action scenes, which are vital for a film like this are very good. There are plenty of "okay, that was pretty cool" moments for adrenaline junkies out there. (Fyi: McAvoy actually did the "on the car hood" stunt with no CG. Nice job.) The story is good, but considering the original story, it would have been really hard to make a horrible movie. The special effects do a good job of making you believe in the unbelievable and some interesting camera-work and slow-mo also do well to enhance the experience.

All in all, above average, but not outstanding. 6 out of 10 BONUS COMMENTARY: The real tragedy about this movie is what it COULD have been. The original comic book wasn't about him being an assassin, you see, it was about him training to be a supervillian! That's right, in a superhero world, he's the Green Goblin, or Lex Luthor, or even the Joker! Now imagine what that movie would have been like! Additionally, they had to train him to be a cold-hearted, homicidal, remorseless bad guy. The book, which is definitely not for kids, is chock full with so much f-you, in-your-face, unapologetic violence this version of the movie would have been looking at an R rating for sure. Anyway, if you get a chance, track down the book and have a read. You can thank me later.

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