Wanted
2008 · Movie · R · 110 min · ★ 6.5 · 68% critics
A downtrodden office worker is pulled from his miserable routine into a hidden world of assassins after learning his unknown father had ties to a secret order. As brutal training unlocks strange abilities, he starts questioning the people guiding his new life.
Based on Wanted
Also known as Wanted (2008) · Recherché
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-06-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (7,600 votes)
- Box office
- $342,463,063
- Budget
- $75,000,000
About
You may enjoy this if you want over-the-top assassin action with the reckless energy of Crank or John Wick: Chapter 2; Not for you if graphic violence or absurd physics ruin the fun.
Pros: wild action; fast pace; dark humor | Cons: thin logic; heavy violence; shallow story
Themes
- mission of murder
- secret base
- secret organization
- instinct
- train crash
- revenge
- betrayal
- fate
- based on graphic novel
- healing process
- hidden powers
- legacy
- +10 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 2009 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 2009 · nominated
Cast & crew
James McAvoy
as Wesley Gibson
Angelina Jolie
as Fox
Morgan Freeman
as Sloan
Terence Stamp
as Pekwarsky
Thomas Kretschmann
as Cross
Common
as The Gunsmith
Kristen Hager
as Cathy
Marc Warren
as The Repairman
David O'Hara
as Mr. X
Dato Bakhtadze
as The Butcher
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov