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Wanted

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Genre :

Action, Sci-Fi

Release Date :

June 27, 2008

Director :

Timur Bekmambetov

Starring :

James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Common, Kristen Hager, Konstantin Khabensky, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Marc Warren, David O'Hara, Chris Pratt, Lorna Scott

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 4

“..Wanted provides the jolt of adrenaline one expects from solid summer entertainment..”
by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]
2.5 of 4

“..Visually, and viscerally, it's pretty awesome..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
2.5 of 4

“..slick, stylish and super-violent..”
by Maitland McDonagh [TV Guide]
3 of 4

“..one of the most empty-headed but visually impressive films..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
4 of 5

“..Not as dark as its source material, Wanted works exceptionally on its own terms..”
by Kim Newman [Empire Magazine]
2.5 of 4

“..highly inventive..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
3 of 5

“..can blow you out of your seat, but it gets so caught up in the action that it forgets about the people involved..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
3 of 4

“..Brutal, sexy, built to thrill and minus a scintilla of redeeming social value..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
“..a goof, then, and for a short stretch a pretty diverting one..”
by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]
3 of 4

“..a blockbuster busting out of the block..”
by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]
Review rate : B
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
Reviewed by Sam Adams [LA Times]

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