comment #1

actionman says ...

The Russian trailer that's floating around the net is awesome. I like the fact that this is a hard-R action flick.

comment #2

115thDreamer says ...

This just looks so stupid...suddenly the guy from "Atonement" is kicking ass and "curving" bullets all over the place? Plus - this has obviously been pushed back at least once - I saw this trailer for the first time months ago, possibly even back in '07.

comment #3

Geoff says ...

The fact that it's a hard R makes it a little better, I'll admit.

comment #4

actionman says ...

Listen, I am not expecting high-art or anything profound. I'm just excited by the fact that there is actually one hard-R action film coming out this summer. The action looks over-the-top but slick as hell, Jolie is half-naked, and the guy from Atonement doesn't bother me too much. I'd like it to be escapist fun, which is what I look for during the summer movie-going months.

The whole bit with the car crashing into the train is sick. Never seen that before.

comment #5

AndrewOwens says ...

It was pushed back from the spring to a much more competitive summer slot, so I think that's more a sign of confidence than doubt.

Hope McAvoy gets The Hobbit.

comment #6

Rothchild says ...

What AndrewOwens said.

comment #7

Luke Y. Thompson says ...

LAFF seems to be headed in a much more commercial direction, after what must have been a big success with Transformers last year.

It's not just Wanted as the premiere, but Hellboy II as the closer (and you have to love how their spin is that both movies are from acclaimed foreign directors...sure, THAT'S the reason!) and Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D world premiering.

comment #8

Redmond says ...

From the MySpace trailer page:

"Description: Based upon Mark Millar’s explosive graphic novel series, ‘Wanted’ tells the tale of one apathetic nobody’s transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice."

Enforcer of justice? Wow, they really did piss all over the source material which was an awesome read. I guess Mark Millar's content with all that movie cash because they bastardized his baby. But everyone knows audiences love that Matrix shit!

comment #9

Redmond says ...

Though there is something incredibly hot when Angelina Jolie scrunches up her face to hose that guy in the convenience store...

comment #10

Roman says ...

The direcor is a hack and will not be forgiven for "Irony of Fate 2".

comment #11

Fien Print says ...

There's a high degree of bad-assery in the original comic that you can already tell from the trailer has been eliminated from the book. I mean, once you have Morgan Freeman as the head of your league of assassins, you can rest assured that it's gonna be a noble organzation with means-to-an-end goals for killing. In the comic, they're killers because humans are sheep and they don't really deserve to live. There's all sorts of multi-dimensional comic universe nonsense that, if I'm honest, I'll be perfectly happy to see vanish.

But I'm gonna miss the bad-assery (which isn't the same thing as "whiz-bang coolness," which the trailer suggests the movie probably is gonna have...)

comment #12

swordandpen says ...

The "curving the bullet" thing may be the silliest visual gimmick I've ever seen in a movie.

comment #13

Rich S. says ...

Boy, this one movie is going to keep Mythbusters busy for years.

Is this the first movie to prominently feature all of Ms. Jolie's real tats?

comment #14

actionman says ...

Why are the curving bullets silly?

comment #15

Rich S. says ...

By the way, Happy Birthday, Angelina.

comment #16

hatchetface says ...

The original isn't brilliant or anything, but its utterly nasty streak still makes it entertaining. Whereas this movie looks totally neutered, and the story totally redirected to be something entirely different from what it was. I mean what do you think the odds are that we'll see Morgan Freeman's character ordering up an underage prostitute? Or that the film will allow McAvoy to be shown smirking after date-raping a teen starlet on his meteoric rise up the international villain/assasin charts. This is a story about a regular guy who realizes his potential for being a truly evil, non-empathetic piece of shit and embraces it. Hardly anyone in the thing is redeemable or even remotely likable, and my question is why even make the thing if you're going to be a big pussy about it? It's not like it was a big hit or anything.

And curving bullets is just about the stupidest fucking gimmick I've ever heard.

comment #17

Chicago48 says ...

Who's working harder at making more movies: Angie or Brad....seems she makes about three to his one.

comment #18

T. S. Idiot says ...

There's something about a sexy broad with a gun:
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comment #19

Terry McCarty says ...

hatchetface wrote:
This is a story about a regular guy who realizes his potential for being a truly evil, non-empathetic piece of shit and embraces it.

Actually, that could be said about Mena Suvari's character in Stuart Gordon's black comedy/social satire/horror misfire STUCK, which I saw last night.

comment #20

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