Overall, Wanted is just really uneven and packed with problems. The action sequences are notable and fun, but Bekmambetov’s piece is just too unsurprising, derivative, and jagged to work as a whole.
The Two-Disc Special Edition boasts some pretty neat features comprising over an hour of footage, but there is nothing earth-shattering here.
An "extended scene" adds some more to a sequence involving Wesley's training with The Fraternity and a few featurettes offer some insight into the arrangement of the special effects. "Stunts on the L Train" explains how Jolie and McAvoy operated in one of the film's most interesting and exciting sequences.
The usual cast feature is here as well, with Jolie, McAvoy, Freeman, and others explaining their roles in the picture and how they approached the characters.
"Wanted: Motion Comics" is by far the most compelling of the bonus features. Using screens from Millar's comic set to "motion," this feature exposes just how different Bekmambetov's film is from Millar's source material and just how much better Wanted could have been as a film. Truly a shame. An insightful feature on the origins of Wanted further highlights this problem.
All in all, this isn't a bad Two-Disc Special Edition but it isn't all that "special" either. With other films offering hours of bonus footage and far more interesting features, however, I can't help but think fans of Wanted are simply better off with the single-disc edition. There's just not enough here to provoke the extra purchase.
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