Hold on to your sofa as the years most explosive action movie comes to DVD…From the critically acclaimed director of Daywatch and Nightwatch, Timur Bekmambetov, WANTED is an action blockbuster that won’t let you take a moments breath. This mesmerising, stylish adaptation of Mark Millar’s graphic comic series oozes coolness and non stop action, as we follow the incredible transformation of hapless office drone Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy, Last King of Scotland) into the world’s deadliest assassin.
Wesley exists day after day in a world of tedium and anxiety, belittled by his boss and bullied by his girlfriend. But when he encounters the ultra sexy Fox in his local supermarket (Angelina Jolie, Mr & Mrs Smith), he is catapulted from his humdrum life into an explosive world he had not known existed, where life and death hangs by a thread.
Unbeknown to Wesley, he is the son of the world’s most feared and skilled assassin and is recruited into The Fraternity, a secret society of super sensory assassins, to avenge his father’s death and prevent the slaughter of the remaining Fraternity members.
Who lives and dies is decided by the loom of fate, a mystical machine which, through an intricate code, reveals the names of targets to be eliminated by the Fraternity. Enigmatic leader Sloan (Morgan Freeman, Shawshank Redemption) leads the group and it is he who interprets the mystical messages the loom delivers.
The Fraternity brutally harness Wesley’s unlocked, incredible dormant powers to turn him into the world’s deadliest assassin. Wesley is trained to kill the man who was responsible for his fathers’ death but as the film gathers furious pace and momentum it becomes clear a dark secret is woven in to the heart of the Fraternity.
Wanted is available to own and rent on DVD from 20th October 2008.
