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Wanted (2008)

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User Rating: 7.2/10 (44,687 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Timur Bekmambetov
Writers (WGA):
Michael Brandt (screenplay) &
Derek Haas (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
27 June 2008 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Action | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Choose your destiny.
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:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(111 articles)
New 'Disaster Movie' Clip Lampooning 'Wanted' (From Aceshowbiz. 26 August 2008, 7:45 PM, PDT)
Danny Elfman to Score The Wolf Man (From toxicshock. 25 August 2008, 1:52 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
"The Matrix"...., whoops sorry I mean "Wanted". more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality.
Runtime:
USA:110 min
Country:
USA | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS
Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | South Africa:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | USA:R (certificate #44457) | Japan:R-18 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:18 | Finland:K-15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | UK:18 | France:U (with warning) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Malaysia:18SG | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | Ireland:16
Filming Locations:
Berwyn, Illinois, USA more
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Trivia:
Shipped to some theaters under the name "Speak Publicly". more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the first car chase scene, after Fox's car drives off the bus, the back window busts out. Minutes later the window is reinstalled with minimal damage. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Wesley: [voice-over] It's my anorexic boss's 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 don't even 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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Movie Connections:
Featured in Max on Set: Wanted (2008) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
The Little Things more

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9 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
"The Matrix"...., whoops sorry I mean "Wanted"., 7 July 2008
1/10
Author: Josh Jones from United Kingdom

I watched this film in the cinema last week, I wanted to leave half way through, however my brother had shelled out for the tickets and I didn't want to be rude. Every film in the cinema has to borrow convention and characteristics from other films otherwise, let's face it, the mass audience simply won't enjoy and relate to it. However Timur Bekmambetov has taken it way too far. The three main characters; James Mcavoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman play the roles of Neo, Trinity and Morpheus. There's even the cheesiest, most pathetic StarWars rip off, it's unbelievable! I am fast losing patience with big budgets and big actors when little creativity is put into the storyline. I'm sure this film will do exactly what it was made to do, make money.

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