Found Wanting?

I had to pick between Hancock and Wanted.

I've been looking forward to Hancock, for a long time. Ever since I saw the trailer where he flings the whale out into the ocean, many many months ago. Generally, I've seen and enjoyed alot of Will Smith movies. Men in Black. Independance Day. I Am Legend. A few others.

I chose Wanted, though.

Now, save the groans. It's actually, surprisingly, a good movie. I said the same about the second Fantastic Four movie, but I had expected that to be total garbage, and only saw it for a certain Jessica Alba, in all honestly.

Wanted has Angelina Jolie looking smoking hot, though, but even without the hotness, it would have been a good ride. Tough it did help somewhat.

If you can get past the initial feeling of "what the hell is going on here", you will probably find that the film has better action than, say, Jumper, while also retaining a plot that is by no means thin. Adapted from a graphic novel, the movie's actual story is a good one, if you leave out some technicalities.

As I mentioned, the action is mind-blowing. Forget Jumper or Tomb Raider or even Hulk, the fight and gun sequences in Wanted, especially near the end, are works of art. Those of you familiar with the concept of "Gun Kata" will find that this film takes the conceptually cool idea and elevates it to levels that have only been seen in the first Matrix movie. Enjoyed Max Payne? Not so much bullet time here, but abundance of bullets. And so, so much better than Shooter or Hitman.

All that, you you are also treated to many many shots of Angelina Jolie, including one of her bare bottom, so for you people thinking of forgoing the price of admission, you will be missing out on the visuals of the bullets in the film, but at least you can pause.

And it's funny. There really isn't much else to add to this one. Not a perfect flick, but humor, action, babe, story and a kickass soundtrack means that I gladly give it my thumbs up.

And hearing Morgan Freeman yell "Kill this motha' fucka'!" really made my day for some reason.