Wanted

  • Theatrical - Wide 2008-06-19
Box Office Gross: $342,463,063
Running Time: 110 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Kickstart Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Marc Platt Productions, Top Cow Productions

JoBlo's Rating

8/10

Synopsis

Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered father – whom Wesley never knew – belonged to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins... See more which takes its orders from Fate itself. Fox and Sloan, the Fraternity’s leader, teach Wesley, through intense training, to tap into dormant powers and hone his innate killing skills. Though he enjoys his newfound abilities, he begins to suspect that there is more to the Fraternity than meets the eye.

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Review Date: Director: Timur Bekmambetov Writer: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan Producers: Jim Lemley, Jason Netter, Marc Platt, Iain Smith Actors: James McAvoy as Wesley Angelina Jolie as Fox Morgan Freeman as Sloan Plot: A disgruntled office worker is...

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Review Date: Director: Timur Bekmambetov Writer: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan Producers: Jim Lemley, Jason Netter, Marc Platt, Iain Smith Actors: James McAvoy as Wesley Angelina Jolie as Fox Morgan Freeman as Sloan Plot: A disgruntled office worker is...
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“…once Angelina Jolie’s skinny ass enters the picture and bullets start flying through people’s brains at an alarming rate, I was hunkered down in my seat with a shit-eatin’ grin on my pasty fat face until the film’s blazing finale.”...
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