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Positive Reviews
105
Negative reviews
28
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3.3
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2.0
Wanted is kind of unintelligible and idiotic. Also kind of nasty and brutish. And also undeniably kind of fun.
EW
3.8
The way to enjoy this film is to put your logic on hold, along with any higher sensitivities that might be vulnerable and immerse yourself as if in a ..
Rogerebert
3.1
Carlos Reygadass Cannes flamethrower, Battle in Heaven, the story a frustrated and unattractive proletariat man and his strange relationship to the at ..
1.0
That raises the question: Are there really adults who want to sit through this kind of mindless, bullying mayhem
1.5
Despite the foreknowledge provided by advertisements, Morgan Freemans appearance is almost surprising because Wanted has the tone of a second rate act ..
Paste Magazine
3.0
Agreeably slick pop nihilism, getting a kick out of its own excesses.
E Film Critic
3.0
Its one thing to laugh along with a live action cartoon, but once Wanted starts playing it straight, we start to groan.
E Film Critic
5.0
One of the cheerfully insane, visually extraordinary and compulsively entertaining action blockbusters to emerge from Hollywood in a long, long time.
E Film Critic
4.0
For most of its running time, Wanted makes a virtue of outlandishness.
E Film Critic
1.9
When we, the audience, are confronted directly at the end and asked what the #$!% have you done lately at least you can readily answer, well, I sure d ..
E Film Critic
2.5
The movie is, if anything, an invitation not to think.But the movie is saying something loud and clear all the same: Theres nothing worse than being a ..
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Not as dark as its source material, Wanted works exceptionally on its own terms.
4.0
The action genre hasnt felt this fresh and alive since 1999 and the Wachowskis.
Cinema Blend
3.0
Or you could keep stuffing your face with popcorn and appreciate Bekmambetovs determination to give us our moneys worth.
Ny Daily News
4.0
But if you had fun watching films like CRANK and SHOOT EM UP over the past couple of years, I see no reason why WANTED wouldnt be added to your list o ..
JoBlo
2.5
I didnt go in with any thoughts that it would be high art or deep drama just a cool popcorn flick.
Screen Rant
3.1
Wanted is head spinning stuff, and its easy to get caught up in its masterfully manipulated mayhem.
Philly
3.0
Fans of the Nightwatch series will recognize the curiously sour nature of the father son storyline. Coupled with the blood and body count, it makes fo ..
Philly
3.0
Possesses a wow factor that will make it one of the summers biggest hits...an unabashed testosterone adrenaline cocktail spiced up with a dollop of to ..
One Guys Opinion
2.0
Its a Fight Club without even the few ideas that feeble revenge of the nerd film had.
Sover
3.8
At its worst, Wanted is never boring.At its best, it can be damn close to intoxicating.
ReelViews
3.1
McAvoy delivers a strikingly nuanced performance as Wesley and Bekmambatov puts a high gloss on the increasing preposterous goings on, but in the end ..
Tv Guide
3.1
Wanted (2008) 2 1/2 Stars (out of 4) Tweet The Loom of Fate By Jeffrey M. Anderson Like a bloodthirsty Harry Potter, Wesley (James McAvoy) is a dissat ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
Timur Bekmambetov, who blew away the Russian box office with Night Watch, makes his English language debut with a bang, succeeding spectacularly at wh ..
3.1
And if it didnt back up its ridiculous plot with spellbinding visceral energy, it would have been a dismal failure.But the thrilling stunts and hyperk ..
Usa Today
2.5
The end result is an effort that possesses few elements designed to appeal to viewers over a certain age, although in fairness the movie isnt quite th ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
There are also some big holes in the plot, but who cares.It is good, mindless summertime entertainment.
Lariat
3.0
The stylized violence and unapologetically ludicrous action sequences are the selling point, and Wanted delivers those by the blood soaked truckload.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Still, its fun for quite a while, getting by on audacity and raw energyuntil a midway plot twist goes off the deep end and becomes downright silly.
News Review
2.8
But for those looking for an instinctively engaging zero to anti hero tale, filled with all sorts of imaginative and hip visual shenanigans, one could ..
Screen It
4.0
Russian filmmaker Bekmambetovs trademark style (see Night Watch) is a blast of fresh air in an American blockbuster.
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
Terrific final shot, too.Put simply, Wanted is the action movie of the year.
View London
3.1
Wanted demands a high level of credulity, but in exchange it offers some rewards: improbable car chases, gritty hand to hand combat and the sight of A ..
News Day
3.0
The films high proficiency is at the service of a concept that can most accurately be defined as sadomasochistic.I thought these comic movies were sup ..
Cs Monitor
3.8
Silly stuff, but you have to admire the demon joy with which its all done.Even the Fight Club style one liners about the fluorescent void of cubicle w ..
New York Post
2.0
Targeted, so to speak, at legions of put upon, twentysomething worker drones who dream of being a big, mean badass who can tell the world to eff off w ..
Film Journal International ..
3.1
In some respects, this film makes them seem coherent or more believable.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
0.6
Its a disgusting film that obviously should have been rated NC 17 for its obnoxious level of gross and excessive violence. ... But, even if the movie ..
Internet Reviews
4.0
A genuine thrill ride that has the added bonus of being an action movie you dont have to turn your brain off to enjoy.
Az Central
3.1
Wanted is quite happy to judge a man by the size of his gun. The irony is that the biggest one here belongs to Jolie, and her Amazon smile indicates s ..
Boston
2.5
The story in this kind of film isnt really a story at all, but a series of boring bits between the action set pieces.
Smh
3.5
But while Wanted is on screen, it at least comes close to delivering the wild ride it promisedand since it didnt promise anything more than that ride, ..
Mountain X
2.0
Alas, the Russian filmmaker can only do so much with his American debuts stale premise and lazy plot.
Npr
3.8
Its one of the most empty headed but visually impressive films Ive seen in years.
Star Tribune
4.5
But its also totally fair and accurate (and pretty darn funny) to call Wanted The Matrix meets Harry Potter, with a little bit of Office Space thrown ..
3.8
Lets just hope the movie remains in the realm of entertainment and doesnt give anybody any ideas.
Toronto Star
2.0
Call it the fast and the furious Russian style: Bekmambetov has made a fast moving, relentlessly violent film that injects visceral frills and thrills ..
Emanuellevy
4.0
Its slightly dark, yet intriguing, funny, surprising, and most of all enjoyable.
Reel Talk Reviews
4.0
If anything, this movie had the ability to leave audiences with something to think about.Wanted surprised me with its entertaining gun fights and grea ..
Cinema Crazed
2.5
And Jolie is, well, Angelina Jolie, the closest thing we have to a real life superhero.
Slate
4.0
Endlessly exciting, dramatically satisfying and entertainingly mindless, Wanted is superior fun.
4.0
Wanteds greatest asset is director Timur Bekmambetovs (in his English language directorial debut) willingness to acknowledge the films utter goofiness ..
Flim Threet
2.5
What is it like being Timur Bekmambetov.No artist should be confused too closely with his creations, but anybody who sits through Wanted, Bekmambetovs ..
New Yorker
5.0
Everett Angelina Jolie, left, and Morgan Freeman in Wanted Down the corridor on a top floor of an office skyscraper, a tough looking man strides, radi ..
Time
3.8
Perfectly encapsulating his feelings on a routine lifestyle that has left him a nobody going nowhere, Wesleys internal honesty is refreshing in its fr ..
The Movie Boy
3.5
Its not the best movie of the summer, but Wanted is so good at what it does that you should just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Bullz-Eye
2.0
The story might be easier to buy if Wesley ever seemed like a real person with genuine emotions or complex thoughts.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
Wanteds hyperkinetic antics are sometimes weighed down by a surfeit of adolescent misanthropy. But the adrenaline overdose strategy works for viewers ..
Calendar Live
3.3
For non discerning action fans looking to satisfy your adrenaline rush, you can add this film to your most wanted list.
Lyles Movie Files
5.0
Scene for scene this may be the most visually inventive trail blazing film of its kind in light years.Bring on the sequel.
Hollywood
3.0
You either go with the fantasy and enjoy the impossible acts of kinetic creativity or get stuck in the preposterousness of the premise and the flippan ..
Seattle Pi
2.5
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Tony Medley
3.1
Dont get me wrong, I liked great big sloppy wet chunks of it (especially a completely whacked out car chase where the director once again indulges in ..
Movie Freak
4.3
The Bottom Line: So much of Wanted will have you laughing and cheering that its really the perfect summer escapist action flick, though rather than be ..
3.8
Wanted unapologetically delivers slam bang action entertainment, and does it while putting a surprising twist on the archetypal heroic journey.
Groucho Reviews
3.5
This is an exciting flick, and it helped secure a place in the cinemas for R rated action films.
7M Pictures
2.0
The audience is made uncomfortably complicit in a callous and hypocritical game in which any and all human life becomes secondary to a momentary movie ..
Boxoffice Magazine
3.0
An unapologetically brutish action thriller that moves just fast enough to outrun its gaping flaws.
E Online
4.0
Like The Matrix before it, this grandly original, hyperkinetic, morbid look at an apocalyptic future uses intense bloodshed, strong violence, harsh la ..
4.0
In this, it captures the essence of its comic strip elements of legends, myths, secret societies, crazed action sequences and a level of marksmanship ..
Varia Gate
4.0
Wanted never takes itself too seriously and is fully aware of its frailties.
Digital Spy
3.8
The film occupies a very familiar space between the sublimely silly and the oddly profound, using lots of visual razzle dazzle to trick you into lower ..
Christianity Today
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
5.0
Soviet director Timur Bekmambetov makes an unforgettable, if quite controversial, English language debut with this relentlessly amoral exercise in gra ..
News Blaze
4.0
a mad cross between Busby Berkeley and the demolition derby with grace somehow trumping brute force
Killer Movie Reviews
2.0
It doesnt maintain its pitch, but Wanted is still a rewarding rocket powered ride of escapism, damn near perfect lunacy at times.
Brian Or Ndorf
2.0
A string of hyper stylised action sequences cut to ribbons so that you could hardly follow what was happening at any particular moment.
Antagony & Ecstasy
2.5
While the visuals in Wanted are undeniably cool particularly an over the top train wreck which is downright gorgeous in its own ludicrous way without ..
Big Picture Big Sound
3.1
Wanted ends up working far better than it should largely because Bekmambetov never lets up.
1.9
Even worse, the best action cant overcome some absolutely ridiculous dialogue, hackneyed overly obvious visuals and one of the worst story ideas I hav ..
Waffle Movies
5.0
The inspiration of The Matrix is felt throughout Wanted, not in the form of bullet time but in the sheer poetry of motion and mayhem.With a story that ..
Movie Crypt
4.5
This is an outright action fest of sensory enchantment, carnal killing and orgasmic delight.
Hollywood Chicago
3.0
Wanted has one good plot twist in store (though it makes little sense), and its sense of humor about its own silliness keeps the fantasy afloat for a ..
News Week
2.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
2.5
But no one comes to a movie like Wanted looking for emotional resonance.
Chron
4.0
The result is a bloody exhausting, incredibly satisfying action ejaculation: Wanted is pure cinematic spunk.
The Shiz Nit
3.8
Hes less amoral in the movie, which makes him someone you can root for a whole lot easier and serves the purpose of this movie very well.Some fans of ..
Scene Stealers
4.5
Bekmambetov delivers audacious action and jaw dropping stunts that will have fan boys of all ages hyperventilating with excitement.
What So
4.0
But its sense of humor and energy makes it one of this years best action movies.
Scifi Movie Page
3.0
All it needs is the car chase, the train crash and the final shootout and Id be happy.
Streaming Quickflix
1.0
Timur Bekmambetov makes his U.S. debut with this big, cruel, stupid actioner about an office dweeb (James McAvoy) who gets recruited into an ancient c ..
Chicago Reader
4.0
This is the summers most dangerous, delirious jolt to the system.
Jam! Movies
3.0
But every now and then, the screenplay touches on deeper issues, and the questions they raise make it harder to ignore the films more bothersome theme ..
Flip Side Archive
3.0
Its just unfortunate that this interpretation of Wanted has such a ramshackle narrative.
Film4
2.0
Its for people who thought there wasnt enough noise, blood, or violence in Hitman, Shoot Em Up, or Planet Terror.
Movie Metropolis
3.5
Even its title must swim before their eyes and transform into Want to See. Get Smart is likable and very funnyat least a two to one ratio of excellent ..
Ny Mag
3.0
Summer 08 has been full of decent, largely predictable rollercoaster rides, but heres one thats a little off kilter, and kind of unique.
Film Blather
1.5
While Wanted is a comic book movie, the director, Kazakh filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov, has wisely dumped a lot of the schoolboy nihilism that made Mark ..
M Tv
3.0
Jolie is perfectly cast, looking sardonically amused as the gun toting fantasy figure, as is Morgan Freeman as the organisations venerable voice of au ..
Future Movies
3.8
Age aside McAvoy and Jolie can not be missed in this fast paced entertaining film.
Entertainment Spectrum
4.5
Here, hes got one of the best in David Brenner who together with Bekmambetov puts all the different pieces together creating masterful movie magic wit ..
4.4
Periodically you see a film that is so jacked up on adrenaline that the audience gets a palpable contact high. Wanted fits squarely into this category ..
Aisle Seat
2.5
lacks zing, but McAvoy (Atonement) handles his action hero stint admirably.
Boston Phoenix
3.5
Simply put, this film is borrowed/created from Fight Club and The Matrix. Its a poor mans, but its not that far off from those great films.
The Scorecard Review
3.5
You will want to watch it over and over again just to thrill at all the action.
Can Mag
1.5
For any red blooded, alpha male who loves to masturbate while armed this is your movie
Dark Horizons
3.0
Wanted may be the most absolutely stone bonkers, crazy good movie of the century. Or it may be a gargantuan piece of trash. Chances are its a combinat ..
Detroit News
1.0
The Pornography of Splattered Brains Never has a mainstream American film made such a fetish out over splattered brains.
Films Nobs
2.5
Its got an uplifting take this job and shove it moment that will be pleasing to any unhappily employed individual.
Miami
3.0
Wanted is too bloody, too over the top, too silly, and too special effects driven. Its also excessively entertaining and fun.
Film.com
2.0
Wanted marks a transition into a new brand of spectacle cinema rooted in character study, and with an impermeable veneer of anti authoritarian satire.
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
3.0
But I think the Spider Man mythology transcends not only generations but directors as well.
Eclipse Magazine
3.8
Criticizing Timur Bekmambetov for overkill is like dismissing Alfred Hitchcock for being fat.
Commercial Appeal
4.0
Wanteds a corporate product, but, thankfully, its an excellent one the two fisted, double barreled high octane guilty pleasure summer action movie you ..
Cinematical
2.0
If youve seen the previews, you know the movie.Boy has crappy life.
Film Jerk
3.8
If its spellbinding special effects and high wire acts you crave, Wanted should be at the top of your list for big budget thrill rides.
Premiere Magazine
3.8
It comes blazing out of the gate flashing the middle finger on both hands, almost daring anyone to hate it.
From the Front Row
2.5
Wanteds torture training, its depiction of murder as sport and its feeble justification for a thousand years of slaughter suggest a broken moral compa ..
2 The Advocate
3.0
A lot of this is quite silly on the page, granted, but Bekmambetov revs it up furiously and unleashes one bit of hyperactive, dazzling invention after ..
Blog Oregonlive
3.8
This is a blockbuster busting out of the block; this is a Hollywood staple served up on a European platter; this is summertime fare with a wintry verv ..
Globe and Mail
5.0
Wanted has action scenes and special effects that are so amazing that I broke the Silence is Golden rule 4 or 5 times because I couldnt stop yelling W ..
5.0
Distorts your view of reality, ripping up the screen with a distinctive style that bends time, scale and motion at its whim.
Arizona Daily Star
3.0
The most interesting thing about Wanted is that its protagonist is one of the most unlikable action heroes in memory.
Deep Focus
5.0
If you like your summer popcorn movies to be bloody, frenetic, energized, adrenaline pumping and utterly bananas, Wanted is the movie youve been await ..
MSNBC
3.1
Its a fast paced, stylish action adventurer with a pleasantly comic sensibility and better than expected performances for this fare.
Washington Times
4.0
Sometimes you want to listen to a symphony, sometimes you want to listen to a beautifully crafted pop song. But sometimes you want to crank the speake ..
Chud
3.0
Although the script is silly, there are kicks galore in Wanted.Jolies performance, a jacked up rock star pose of self parody, is quite delicious.
Ma Cleans
3.1
Director Timur Bekmambetovs gimmicks and the A list cast sell the nonsense.
Seattle Times
2.5
Unfortunately, it occurs at the expense of the irreverent tone and humor that marked the introductory scenes.
Maki At The Movies Blogspo ..
4.5
The kind of thrill ride that they used to make more often during the summer season an over the top action movie made strictly for adults. Keep your su ..
Movie Retriever
4.4
Wanted is an action oriented film that gives the audience what they want and then some.
BlackFilm.com
4.0
Simply wants to dazzle you for 100 minutes, at least enough to get you excited for the DVD release and yep, the eventual sequel. Count me in for both ..
FEARnet
2.0
The Positive Message of Stick It The story is not about getting the guy.
World Film About
1.5
Ive watched a movie that, while fiercely entertaining, made me fear for the emotional health of my gender. You have a problem with that
Tnr
3.0
All in all, Wanted does not work. To enjoy it, one must forgo the untidy sum and revel in the remarkable parts.
Colorado Springs Gazette
3.5
But in a completely unexpected shocker, the movie is a much better tale as it actually features likable characters.
Gazette
2.0
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Scifi
3.1
Dont drink an energy drink before seeing Wanted; your head might explode from over stimulation
Ac Weekly
1.0
Wanted is like the last of big budget porn, throwing around endless style along with massive fake boobs and enough smoke to choke a Scott.
Mcn Blogs
4.0
Grab your popcorn, hold on to your seats and take the ride, kids.
Mighty Ganesha
4.0
What Wanted lacks in terms of originality, it more than makes up for with style and excitement.
Scott Mantz' Movie Reviews ..
2.5
They are the deadliest assassins the world has ever known. Genetically enhanced, they execute superhuman feats of death. No target has ever escaped al ..
1.5
It could have been worse in the original graphic novel, the authors created a villain fashioned solely out of fecal products. Even sans Mr. Stool Head ..
Kimberly Gadette
4.5
The twist, though, is that the actor playing Wesley is James McAvoy... its like casting Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate...His performance gives a fresh ..
KPBS.org
4.5
For all its elaborate, supernatural, logic defying twists, Wanted is a no nonsense thriller.
Daily Gazette
4.5
an eye goggling, grin inducing, thought provoking hybrid of the SF and superhero genres that, unusually, aims its guns directly at an adult audience, ..
2.0
Not content to concentrate on mere mayhem, it aims for something more, and winds up achieving less, trying to pass off a heaping helping of the old ul ..
2.5
Too ridiculous to be entertaining and too long to keep everyones attention. If fate were only so virtuous as this film would have us believe.
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