Review – Wanted

Not by me. The premise has some promise: an ancient cult of assassins with super powers kills people who are “fated” to die. But before we even get that far in the set-up, the movie is already dead in the water. Our young hero suddenly discovers that his birthright is to be a member of the cult, which is lucky for him because it takes him away from his life of office drudgery where he has to suffer the worst of all possible white boy humiliations: his girlfriend cheats on him with a co-worker while he must remain at the office getting bossed around by a fat woman. Further, his ticket into his new, glamorous life of international slaughter is “training” that takes the form of elaborate hazing rather than disciplined acquisition of skill. Once again Hollywood inadvertently demonstrates the hollowness of power in the absence of character. See if desperate