REVIEW : WANTED

Wesley Gibson: SO…. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE LATELY???

I am so glad Mr. Gibson asked this in the last shot of the movie because I had no clue how to start this review but now I can start the review by just answering him. So what did I do lately? Let me think …oh I remember I saw a movie in which about 100 people get killed (or should I say assassinated?) gruesomely, people slow things down so that they can see it clearly, people swing the trajectory of a bullet , people hate the concept of bulletproof so they don’t use it… they rather shoot at the bullet coming towards them, oh yeah… I forgot…Mrs.Pitt driving – killing- shooting- jumping etc.

So who is Mr. Gibson? Well Mr. Wesley Gibson is the main character of this movie. What is the plot of this movie?? A group of weavers form a secret society thousands of years back calling themselves ‘THE FRATERNITY’ . They are assassins who kill people who’s name comes out of cloth they weave. Gibson who hates his life (bad boss , close friend who sleeps with his girlfriend etc) is brought into this group and trained to kill the man who killed his father [supposedly greatest assassin ever]. But later he realizes that there is something deeper to this and nothing is what it seems! We can also simply say that this movie is about a man and his destiny or about a man who has no control over his life learns to take control.

We can make whatever plot we need out of this movie… why? At the end of the day this movie is not about the plot it is about the heart stopping action sequences. This belongs to ‘shoot’em up’ category. The movie had some of the most outstanding imaginative fu*k physics action sequences that I’ve seen lately. Clearly the director and the writers hate physics just like me! The movie is highly creative and funny. Watch out for the scenes like the one where Gibson smacks across the face of his friend with the key board, the ATM scene, all the action, the final sequence etc. James Mcavoy played his role like how he is supposed to. Morgan Freeman does a fair job. Angelina looks, shoots, behaves, walks, talks like Angelina [no complaints]. Direction is good (sorry forgot his name. sounded something like Tottenham hotspurs striker Berbetov)

Angelina’s childhood story about the effects of not killing the person who’s name is on the list …all the double crossing… more than enough training sequences … star wars darth vader – skywalker stuff etc, this no holds barred action kinda movie didn’t exactly need these things. I am not saying these are bad but the movie would’ve been spectacular without these things. The smart visual humor and action scenes should be experienced first hand .

I had no idea about the movie whatsoever. Probably that’s why I like this movie so much now. I went to see the trailer of THE DARK KNIGHT on big screen. That’s the only reason I went to see ‘wanted’. Was I disappointed at all at the end of the day? Yes… because they didn’t screen the TDK trailer. Regarding ‘wanted’…no regrets. I loved it.

RATING : 8/10

P.S: I don’t know why this movie is called Wanted. I would’ve called it Bend the bullets like Beckham! Or Physics Suc*s or Screw scientists.

P.S 2: I also saw HANCOCK and YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN last Friday but I got no time to write reviews for those two movies this week because I’ve decided to think about nothing but TDK from now on till I see the movie.

P.S 3: There are still 5 more days for TDK. Why can’t the friggin earth rotate 5 times in an hour and take me to Friday? I guess that sudden acceleration might alter the gravitational force and could cause the collapse of our entire galaxy! NOW DO YOU SEE WHY I HATE PHYSICS???

P.S 4: PS4 is written just to confirm that P.S does not refer to Play Station gaming console!!

WHY SO SERIOUS???

- V