"Wanted" at the box office
After two weeks of opening and it’s not the most wanted film in town anymore. I’m talking about Wanted, the James McAvoy-Angelina Jolie movie about a secret society of assassins.
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Wanted slid down to #4 after the July 4 weekend of Wall-E, Kung Fu Panda and Hancock. It’s decline was faster than feared when it dropped 60 percent down from a week ago. Still it grossed a total of $159.4 million since it opened on June 27.
I did watch Wanted today, choosing it over Hancock.
Maybe it’s the anticipated adrenalin rush from the trailers that attracted me, more than the feel-good emoting that I thought Hancock would offer. It’s R rating delivered with graphic violence from end to end. The movie reminds one of Matrix for its slowing-down effects and the shooting raid by McAvoy was reminiscent of Keanu Reeves when he attacked the The Merovingian’s building.
But although it wasn’t predictable, I think the story would have had no other ending than what happened. James McAvoy was believable as the nerdy nobody transformed into a killer-with-conscience. As the femme fatale Fox, Angelina Jolie was the heartless one. Angelina admitted she did get involved in sculpting her character so that explains why Fox turned the way she did. Was it worth watching? I probably should have spent my money on Wall-E.
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