Wanted (2008)

Director:

Timur Bekmambetov

Writers (WGA):

Michael Brandt (screenplay) &
Derek Haas (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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.

Plot Keywords:

Condom | Fat Woman | Blood On Shirt | Animal Killing | Hand Through Head

Awards:

1 nomination

US Showtimes:

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Cast

James McAvoy	...	Wesley Allan Gibson
Morgan Freeman	...	Sloan
Angelina Jolie	...	Fox
Terence Stamp	...	Pekwarsky
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Cross
Common	...	Gunsmith
Kristen Hager	...	Cathy
Marc Warren	...	The Repairman
David O'Hara	...	Mr. X
Konstantin Khabensky	...	The Exterminator
Dato Bakhtadze	...	The Butcher
Chris Pratt	...	Barry
Lorna Scott	...	Janice
Sophiya Haque	...	Puja
Brad Calcaterra	...	Assassin Max Petridge

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

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

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Shipped to some theaters under the name "Speak Publicly".

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.

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"?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Max on Set: Wanted (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Little Things

"The Matrix"...., whoops sorry I mean "Wanted".

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.