Holy Christ. That was fun. I haven't felt this excited about a shoot-em-up since that iconic lobby scene in Matrix. Whew! Was that ever fantastic. Nine reasons why Wanted was pretty fabulous (warning - spoiler may be ahead. proceed at your own risk:1) James McAvoy is shirtless. and hot. Can't go wrong with that.
2) Angelina Jolie is asked to do what she does best: not talk and act entirely with her eyebrows. She's just fab as the luscious Fox.
3) Catching a loom shuttle? Fun. The Loom of Fate? Even better.
4) Bullet-bending effects (not the physics; just the effects)
5) Unapologetic gore. seriously. This earned every single MPAA warning.
6) Ergonomic keyboards and their very loose keys (also: tooth = U)
7) "Luke, I am your father." No, wait, that's another movie...
8) Did I mention that fucking shoot-em-up scene? Gawd!
9) Morgan Motherfucking Freeman.
Don't look for anything cerebral. There is no Zen Buddhist philosophy lurking here, no red-pill-blue-pill paradoxes, no deep meditation. There is action - serious action - and there is entertainment. Go. See. It. 4.5 out of 5 stars.
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