When I first saw the trailer for Wanted - the ridiculous looking comic book adaptation staring James McAvoy as an office drone turned certified badass – I just thought it was dumb. First of all, you can’t shoot bullets and have them follow a curveball-like trajectory. In a world where Barry Zito has one win, I don’t see how it’s even within the realm of comic-book movie possibility that James “Faun” McAvoy could ever be a gun-toting, breakingball bullet slinging badass ( I mean, shit, the fool dies of some lame ass infection in his only military movie). Oh yeah, and McAvoy + Jolie as a romantic pair? I don’t even have to explain how silly that is.
But, in all fairness, the trailer had some genuine action awesomeness. Who among us isn’t excited about Angelina Jolie reverting to badass-chick roles? And the movie seems to have exceptional, CSI/Matrix CGI which I’m a sucker for. And you know what else? It’s rated R, so it also includes James McAvoy pimp slapping a coworker with a keyboard. Do you like seeing keys stained with chump blood? Or Angelina Jolie speaking Russian? Well then please watch the Russian trailer for Wanted.
I should have known, Wanted is directed by Timor Bekmamtevov, the auteur behind the Russian classic Night Watch. So I’m officially revising my opinion of Wanted. As far as summer movies I’m excited for, the list now goes:
Pineapple Express
Kung Fu Panda
Wanted
Hellboy II
