Stylized action. Wanted. But pretty much a given.Angelina Jolie in a Viper. Angelina Jolie in a bathtub. Angelina Jolie out of the bathtub. Yes, wanted.
Merciless action, complete with meandering bullet trajectories, exploding rats, traintrack mayhem. At hyperspeed. And there you have Wanted.
As Wesley Gibson is shoved into the assassination, he is brutally exposed to a business that eventually encompasses his lifestyle.
Gibson is enticed into this business by Morgan Freeman, who maintains his eth
ereal appearance. After all it’s hard to rub off being God in Bruce Almighty.So a secret club of weaving assassins? This borders the absurdity of the Matrix series.
Like the sensational action sequences, Gibson’s pulse of 400 beats per minute allows him to kill with a precision that only fellow fraternity members possess.
From there he is shoved into a Star Wars episode. “I am your father.” Obviously, there is a lot of shoving.
In Wanted, it’s about who waves the bigger gun. Or who can commit suicide by taking down everyone else in a circle. Or who can use rats as bombs.
It does pay a price – an incomprehensible message and even more absurd feasibility.
I guess I wait for fate to guide my destiny. Right.
It passes by as a blur and it’s mayhem isn’t complete until the final bullet travels…about a few city lengths.
Overstylized? Definitely. But as Gibson would say, “what have you [seen] lately” that has left so many dead bodies in its wake?
3 comments:
hey chris, this was good!! i felt like i was reading from an actual newspaper or magazine or something.. for real! haha oh yeah, and nice touch with the star wars "i am your father" part, i liked that. but yeah, keep it up!! :)
-your biggest fan.
Well, gee! no wonder! OMG! HAHHAHAHAHAHA! okay! you make me feel so little and ignorant. Muahahahah1 it's amamzing chris! just work for a damn magazine! god! you definately do not need to go to college! i'd read your stuff everyday! i'm not even exaggerating! it's as exciting as the movie!
- Your other biggest fan
you really should just skip college and work for a magazine or newspaper. that way, i can get access to your writings. ORRRR, go to college, and send me issues of the ucla newspapers with your section highlighted so i can read it. OR just get me into ucla and then i can read the newspaper anytime and you wont have to save copies for me. i like your review on wanted. but i REALLY like your sports articles. theyre captivating, especially the way you write it. <3<3<3<3.
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