'What was the director thinking yaar", "What the hell is this?", "So childish", is what we heard around us as we exited the theatre after watching the movie "Wanted" starring Angelina Jolie & Morgan Freeman.
The movie is based on a comic book series by the same name. Apparently the director wanted to make this movie different from other super hero movies (like Batman & Spiderman) inspired by comic books. Well, it is different and what is different is that it is badly made.
The trailers of the movie promised some very stunning & sleek action sequences. That the movie delivers, but then there is too much of crap that connect these sequences. All through the first hour of the movie the protagonist gets beaten up, apparently to toughen him. He then learns the art of curving a bullet the must have skill of assassins in his fraternity. Who wouldn't learn if you get beaten up so much!
There is such a big deal made about skill to curve a bullet that i was thinking the movie should have been called Bend it like Beckham (ok, Bend Bullets like Beckham if you dont want to offend Gurinder Chaddha).
Knife wielding hulks that can deflects bullets with their knives, shooters who can shoot each others bullets down(remember the archery duels from Ramanand Sagar's Mahabharatha?), people that can leap across several hundred feet from one high rise building to the other, it's all there in "Wanted". Seriously, haven't we seen all these in our own Indian movies of all languages and laughed at how ridiculous it is.
Treat yourself to some snacks and coffee (if the movie is running in a non multiplex theatre) or dinner (if the movie is running in a multiplex theatre) instead of spending it on tickets for "Wanted".
