Wanted: Angelina Jolie

Last night was a quiet Sunday evening and I was flipping around the cable network, just awaiting for “Boston Legal” at 10pm at Star World. And then, Chief said, “Oh… your favorite.” Yup, it was Angelina Jolie on HBO. The movie was a 2008 action film called “Wanted” which was based on a comic book series by Mark Millar.

The movie was 20 minutes into its running time, but still I kept my fingers off the remote control. Chief also managed to switch between the Harry Potter book (Chamber of Secrets) she was reading and the action scenes between Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy. Who is he anyway? Did you know that McAvoy once considered on becoming a priest.

The movie was directed by Timur Bekmambetov and also stars Morgan Freeman, whom I remember best as Ned Logan in “Unforgiven,” the award-winning 1992 Western film directed by Clint Eastwood and in “Million Dollar Baby” where he won Best Supporting Actor in 2004


Here, Freeman plays the role of Sloan, the leader of the Fraternity. Fraternity? Well, that is group of assassins which recruits Wesley Gibson, who is the son of a professional assassin. The names of targets are revealed through a binary code hidden in weaving errors of the fabric.

The movie was released last June 25, 2008. We did fail to catch this movie in Greenbelt Cinemas last year.

Guess, what is “amazing” in this movie is the way the characters are able to control the spin and curve of bullets even when they shoot from a far distance. Or from a fast-moving train.

My favorite, Angelina Jolie, as Fox trains Gibson which gives him superhuman strength, extra speed and reflexes. His training is brutal and bloody.


The highlight of the movie is the shoot-out inside the train. Fox even crashes a car into the train. Cross saves Wesley’s life by preventing him from falling into the ravine. But Wesley shoots his father. Yup, Cross is his father which Fox confirms who is also out to kill Gibson. Now, who is killing who anyway? Gibson escapes by shooting out the glass underneath him and plunging into the river below. He now plans to eliminate Sloan and the Fraternity. How? By an army of rats carrying small bombs.

Director Timur Bekmambetov had announced last June that there would be a sequel. Would Jolie make her presence in the sequel and come back to life? Note that Fox dies at the end of the movie. Photos and movie poster from Universal Pictures.