WANTED (2008) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Timur Bekmambetov
Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman,
Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Kristen Hager
Insane, hyperkinetic action thriller about a timid office drone who's recruited into a medieval cult of textile-weaving assassins. So reality's straight out the window, something that can't always be said for the trajectory of the bullets, but the movie does blast away, practically nonstop, for most of its 110 minutes. The highlight could be the train wreck over the yawning gorge, or the garbage truck full of exploding rats, or the two-second shot of Angelina Jolie naked. But, hey, why be picky? It's nice when you don't have to choose.
