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Shoot the wings off the fly. I think Wanted can't figure out what kind of movie it wants to be, or what sort of statement it wants to make. Apparently in the graphic novel this fraternity of assassins is a group of supervillians that decide to get together and get their revenge on anyone that ever made them feel insignificant. That takes the form of killing and raping, etc.

You can sort of see that in some parts of this movie, but it's like they took aspects of that and yet tried to make these people a little more hollywood worthy. There's some sort of half-assed tension between using their powers for selfishness or following "the code," but it's pretty artificially inserted. What ends up being the main thrust of the movie is a "twist" that I feel like you can see coming from pretty early on.

That being said, I liked it, and I'd see it again. Why? There are some pretty amazing action sequences. It's matrix-esk in that aspect. The explanation for these abilities is that some people can raise their heart rate huge amounts to pump copious amounts of adrenaline into their blood and essentially slow down time. Oddly enough, this strikes me as somehow less realistic than virtual people being jacked into a huge, world-creating computer. This lets them shoot wings off flies, block bullets with other bullets, and other sorts of things that, come on, are pretty sweet. So despite it's sometimes awkward dialogue and wandering plotline, it's does what it's really supposed to pretty damn well.

It also shows Angelina's butt.