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Science defying Madness!

Advantages: easy to watch, reasonably priced, good picture
Disadvantages: very unrealistic

...I remembered her saying she wanted to see it at the cinema, but we never got round to going. I admit, i was a little uninterested as the whole concept seemed a bit ridiculous. If you haven't seen the trailer, then it wont be spoiling it too much that the premise of the film is action orientated and there's physics defying gun play where the main characters make bullets travel in circles and bends in order to kill people they shouldn't be able too. ...
...will be most disappointed. The story line centres around a young chap doing 9-5 in an office job. He's not happy in his work or his life. One day he bumps into Angelina Jolie's character ("Fox") in a chemist she is apparently there to save his life from an assassin, who also killed his father. He is then recruited into "the fraternity" a group of assassins who have been around since ancient times. Killing people according to the interpretations ...

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Review of Wanted (Blu-ray)

6 weeks ago I was ordinary and pathetic, just like you

Advantages: ok action film
Disadvantages: typcast jolie

...to the big screen and Wanted certainly had the potential to be a winner. With the brilliant Russian Night Watch director Timur Bekmambetov on board and Angelina Jolie again in that butt-kicking lead role she has been stereotyped with since her Lara Croft adventures made her millions this had every chance of being a hit to that geeky 16-30 group of boys that don't leave their bedrooms for the above. Our very own James McAvoy is the male lead and the ...
...making. The original Wanted comic book had the main protagonists in their own superhero costumes, but a re-write pulling that crazy idea just in time. But with reasonable dialogue that's synonymous with this type of grown up comic book writing that deals with the rebellion against our humdrums lives, and those cracking special effects throughout, this isn't too bad, although nothing special, but still better than the boring Dark Knight. It is shot ...

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Review of Wanted (DVD)

Wanted!!

Advantages: Good characters, scenes
Disadvantages: Bloody

Wanted is a 2008 action film staring Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman and James McAvoy, produced by Universal Pictures. It is actually based on a comic book miniseries. This film was totally not what I expected and you definitely have to suspend reality in your mind to watch this film. Having never read the comic or even knew it existed until after watching the film I didn't know what to expect and it is definitely an interesting concept. I would ...
...movies, a bit of reality interspersed with moments of fantasy. James McAvoy plays Wesley Gibson, described on the DVD box as a cube-dwelling hypochondriac with a cheating girlfriend and a boss he hates! I really like him as an actor and he plays this part really well, sweating when he gets in situations he doesn't like etc. He is kind of geeky which fit the part well but then when he starts to train and get more sure of himself he actually comes ...

Spottydog11 04.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Wanted (DVD)

I WANTED to watch it again

Advantages: exciting story, great performance
Disadvantages: none

Wanted was a film I had to watch twice in a few days: once with a very kind friend of mine then with my husband. Naturally he watched it for my request. The film was released in 2008 and as genre is a science fiction and fantasy. It was directed by Timur Bekmambetov. This film was the Hollywood debut of the Kazakhstani-born Russian film director, producer and screenplay writer. Previously he directed the Irony of Fate 2. Wanted is a film starring ...
...Sound Mixing. The classification of Wanted is 18 years and over because of blood and violence. The running time is 110 minutes. Main cast: --------------- James McAvoy – Wesley Gibson Angelina Jolie – Fox (she mentors Wesley Gibson) Morgan Freeman – Sloan (leader of the Fraternity) Thomas Kretschmann – Cross (Wesley Gibson’s father) Common – Earl Malcolm Spellman “The Gunsmith” Plot: -------- Wesley Gibson works in an office, has an extremely boring ...

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Review of Wanted

Day Watch - Complex Sequel

Advantages: Great special-effects - good storyline.
Disadvantages: A bit long.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov Screenplay: Timur Bekmambetov Novel: Sergei Lukyanenko Genre: Action - Fantasy - Horror - Thriller Country: Russia Certification: 15+ Language: Russian Released: 28th January, 2008 (DVD) MAIN CAST: Konstantin Khabensky (Anton) Mariya Poroshina (Svetlana) Vladimir Menshov (Geser) Galina Tyunina (Olga) Viktor Verzhbitsky (Zavulon) Zhanna Friske (Alisa) Dmitry Martynov (Yegor) Valeri Zolotukhin (Kostya's Father) Aleksei ...
...follows where its predecessor left off - with Anton trying to save his son from the forces of Darkness who have adopted him as their own, however, his son, Yegor, doesn't want to be saved... in fact; Yegor is as evil as they come. When Anton and Svetlana, who is a new trainee, are sent to the scene of a crime being committed by a 'Dark One', Svetlana, in her newbie enthusiasm, gets carried away and chases the 'Dark One' back to his own sector. Anton ...

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Review of Day Watch (DVD)