WANTED is sociopathy come to flesh. It's a nihilistic, revolting motion picture captured at 24 frames per second. Then again...this film was more than likely filmed in digital. I don't know. Doesn't matter.
This is a harmful movie to society. There is no conscience in this film; It's not creative, it's not subversive. All of what would make this film unique has already been covered in other films. Take all of the worst parts of FIGHT CLUB and all of the worst parts of THE MATRIX and all of the worst parts of OFFICE SPACE and the entirety of EQUILIBRIUM, bundle it together and you'd have WANTED. I expect school shootings, mall shootings and office shootings in America to skyrocket in record numbers within the next few weeks following this film. I'm not joking. I'm being serious.
And with all of that in mind...This is the most fun I've had at the movies in a long, long time.
All joking aside, this movie is a lot of fun. The two opening adrenaline-drenched action sequences are so ridiculous and over-the-top that you really can't help but almost cheer FUCK YEAH! a couple of times during this indiscernible shit. From there it becomes repetitive. The humor is pretty good, too. I LOL'ed a few times, to be honest. And the visuals are alright and unique. I don't know. In fact, what the hell did I just watch? One minute there were cars flying around doing some car-fu shit and the dude from THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND was pulling off some Grammaton Cleric John Preston shit. And then there was an army of rats that were used as bombs to infiltrate a textile plant. Made no sense to me. The film kind of lost me. And while it wasn't really disturbing (note: a movie with this approach is only truly disturbing when it makes you confront thoughts or ideals you know deep down are morally deplorable) WANTED (I'm not shitting you) through the final line of dialogue, to be exact (alright enough with the ( ) shit) actually condones and advocates murder, whether it be random, predetermined or for excitement. Killing people...FOR NO FUCKIN' REASON! Call me old-fashioned, but we're not supposed to kill each other. As a procreating species, we're supposed to fuck. It's as Carlin used to say: MAKE FUCK, NOT KILL. I'm not exactly an expert in this field, but to each their own, I guess. Sorry, got no background knowledge on the subject (on the killing, not the fuckin').
As always, I attempt to "explain" the film in legendary BP fashion during my reviews. So. Here it is:
PUSSY HATES OFFICE JOB. PUSSY MEETS BADWOLF'S MOM. PUSSY GETS BONER. PUSSY GETS SHOT AT. PUSSY MEETS RED FROM SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. PUSSY SEES BADWOLF'S MOM'S ASS. PUSSY GETS BIGGER BONER. RED TEACHES HIM TO SHOOT PEOPLE. PUSSY SHOOTS PEOPLE. PEOPLE DIE. MANY INNOCENT. BADWOLF'S MOM OCCUPIES SPACE THROUGHOUT MOVIE. POOR MAN'S VERSION OF FIGHT CLUB WITH MATRIX-ESQUE ACTION SEQUENCES.
Alot of innocent people die in this film (by the "hero's" hand, nonetheless) and there appears to be no moral contrast inherent in the backbone of the movie. I really don't know. Sounds kind of like a bad element to tinker with or exploit as society and media alike are having an adverse affect on today's lemming-like youth. Unlike FIGHT CLUB or THE MATRIX, I can't say my paradigm of existentialism has been affected in anyway after watching this movie. Angelina Jolie has a nice ass, I do know that. At least I can say that I took something out of the movie, I guess.
Basically, the message of WANTED is: "Hey...it's okay to shoot a bunch of people so long as you're disgruntled and/or have a life of little to no meaning." That's what I got out of it, at least. I have to respect that as this is America and everybody has a right to an opinion, etc. Nonetheless, you should all say it with me, it's my new personal mantra (not about to replace READ MY SHIT! though): Killing people. It's just not a very nice thing to do.
Doesn't change the fact that it's still fun (I wouldn't really know, I'm just nodding my head in agreement with the movie).
*LOL's as I text everybody in my phone while Shot of Love plays in the background*
--Don't die in a fire.--
RFB
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