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Director: Timur BekmambetovWriters:
Screenplay:
Michael Brandt
Derek Haas
Chris Morgan (screenplay)
Story:
Michael Brandt
Derek Haas
Based on: The comic book limited series by: Mark Millar (writer) and J.G. Jones (artist). Published by Image/Top Cow Comics .
Cast:
James Mc Avoy – Wesley Gibson
Angelina Jolie – Fox
Morgan Freeman – Sloan
Terrance Stamp – Pekwarsky
Thomas Kretschmann – Cross
Common – Gunsmith
Story:
Wanted is the story of Wesley Gibson, a panic attack driven loser who lives his life in upset and squalor. He loses most everything, his self-respect, his girlfriend, and almost his life to his worthless self-depreciating ways. He is plucked out of his world of misery by a fraternity of assassins who know who Wesley really is – the only one who can stop the world’s greatest killer of them all.Movie Review:
Although I liked the spectacle of this film and felt the action sequences were good, the overall differences between this movie and its source material gave me too much of a problem to enjoy it fully. One of the main points of the comic was that the power Wesley is given is used to fulfill his every want and desire, but philanthropic work to save the world. I know the comic ends up having him take up the roll of “hero” but that is a poor descriptor of the comic book character. Even thought I didn’t care for the movie all that much, I tried to look at this DVD with fresh eyes.Check out the rest of the Wanted movie review.
DVD Special Features:
Disc One:None – (Boooo!) Disc Two - Special Features Disc:
Wesley, Gunsmith, and Fox
Copyright Universal Pictures- Extended Scene – Be the first to view this killer extended scene from Wanted.
- Cast and Characters – Go behind the scenes with Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Kretschmann and Common as they discuss their roles in the film and their experiences on set.
- Stunts on the L Train – Stunt coordinators Nick Gillard and Mic Rodgers explain how cast members Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy performed the astounding elevated train stunt sequence.
- Special Effects: The Art of the Impossible – Special effects supervisor Dominic Tuohy explains how his team pulled off the stunning special effects throughout the film and how Angelina Jolie contributed to the action.
- Groundbreaking Visual Effects: From Imagination to Execution – A look at how the spectacular visual effects in the film were pre-visualized and executed.
- The Origins of Wanted: Bringing the Graphic Novel to Life – Creator Mark Millar, producer Marc Platt, director Timur Bekmambetov and screenwriters Michael Brandt, Derek Haas and Chris Morgan discuss the original graphic novel and the process of adapting it for the big screen.
- Through the Eyes of Visionary Director Timur Bekmambetov – A video portrait of director Timur Bekmambetov.
- Wanted: Motion Comics – Watch as the graphic novel comes to life on screen with narration and sound effects.
- The Making of Wanted: The Game
- “The Little Things” Music Video Mash-Up ((2-Disc and Standard set.)
The single disc has just the movie, a scene selector, and some bonus language features. One of the more interesting items was the DVS Descriptive Video Service 2.0 where a narrator describes the non-verbal parts of the movie. There are some rather…humorous parts when described out loud. That is a sad statement to say about this disc. There should be a lot more, commentary, deleted scenes, even a special feature or two. That was one of the big things I liked about the Hellboy 2 single disc DVD – how much they actually put on it. By itself, this DVD wouldn’t be the best buy.
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Copyright Universal PicturesThe special effects feature was also very enlightening and I got some interesting insight into how the slow motion features are done and how the wax baths were one of the harder special effects to pull of correctly. It does give some great appreciation into the movie making process. Timur truly is a visionary director with his own sense of style and film making.
