To be fair, there could be other reasons the movie is so flawed, like maybe the crew purposely created something so horrible out of spite because they have such contempt for the type of person who enjoys a movie where the plot doesn’t get in the way of the gunfire and explosions. One example to prove this point is the scene of Fox’s origin. She tells a story about a little girl whose father was a judge. He was working a trial involving some bad people who sent a killer to his home. The killer then burned initials into the girl’s neck so she would never forget. Fox never says she was the little girl, but as she turns away to ensure the audience gets it through their thick skulls, Bekmambetov offers a close-up of (dun dun dun) her neck scarred with initials. Gasp!

However, this same scene also ties in with the possibility that the crew suffers from group self-loathing and are all trying to undermine their careers by creating such a terrible movie because at no other time do we see the scars. Is it really possible that this major continuity error slipped by the screenwriters, the director, the producers, the script supervisor, the camera crew, the editors, the make-up people, and even the actors?

I am willing to concede the possibility that the intention of the scene was Fox trying to trick Wesley, but then he looks like an idiot for not having noticed that she only had the scars during that one moment. I could go on and on with the script problems, but I shouldn’t spend more time on the plot than the writers did.

On the plus side for those who don’t care about story and logic, Wanted has some great-looking Matrix-esque visual effects, especially the opening sequence and the shot of a character jumping through a glass window and the pieces slowly falling away from his body. Unfortunately, the effects go so far over the top at times that not only do they defy physics but all sense of danger for the characters as well. They should have just created an action reel instead of trying to couch the scenes in this ridiculous movie.

Article Author: El Bicho

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