Wanted Movie Analysis

"Wanted" is basically from a comic book that has limited series written by Mark Miller and J.G Jones, it is about an amoral protagonist (Wesley Gibson) who is discovered as the heir of super assassin. Russian director, Timur Bekmambetov, he is the cream of the crop, he turns this comic into a movie that make the viewers not sit still and make their adrenaline and cortisone levels spike with the actions.

Bekmambetov used the similar style of shots and angles with his previous movie, Night watch. It's more to wide angle (long shot), so we can see the terrifying background like one of the scenes in the torture room, where Wes has been beaten up by the butcher. Not even that, there are many special effects that Bekmambetov applies in this movie, like slow-motion with sound effects that certainly provides that "ouch" reaction from audiences. Bekmambetov also use his ingenuity and inventing new ways to attack, defend and ambush the opponent. Even though Bekmambetov applied motion-capture animation and CGI in this movie, but who will imagine that they will shoot the villain from on top of the train and how the Fraternity know that it will pass the target’s office window? It really amazed me and other audiences. His struggles really worth because this relentless violence movie really make the audiences jaw-dropping if they watch it. Next, Wanted's movie have the similarities with other movies that …show more content…
Many surprise elements that Bekmambetov inserts in this movie that we can see and McAvoy (Wes, in this movie) did perform well on transforming himself from spineless weakling to the greatest assassin. After the truth has revealed, Wes started against Fraternity and spy vs. spy war begins. He used all the tactics that Fraternity taught him to fight with others’ assassins. In the end, it’s a satisfying ending