Extras:
Unfortunately there is no commentary track. I think the DVD would have benefited from commentary with director Timur Bekmambetov or from Jolie and McAvoy, but there are plenty of extras to make up for it.
The first disc contains the movie; for all the extras you’ll have to go to disc two. First up is an extended scene which stretches Wesley’s first use of a gun and features more corpse target practice.
"Cast and Characters" is a short featurette where the cast and crew talk about how they joined the film and what being a part of Wanted means to them. Also included is some behind-the-scenes footage which shows how stunts and shots were attained.
"Stunts on the L Train" shows how the green screen process was involved in one of the film’s crucial action scenes.
"Special Effects: The Art of the Impossible" - Here Dominic Tuohy gives the viewer another look at some behind the scenes action, somewhat similar to the section in "Cast and Characters," but interesting nonetheless.
"Groundbreaking Visual Effects: From Imagination to Execution" picks up where "Special Effects" left off and shows how the visual effects were brought to the silver screen by a Russian team of artists. This featurette goes deeper into optical effects and the planning needed to achieve them.
"The Origins of Wanted: Bringing the Graphic Novel to Life" is probably the most interesting of the featurettes as Mark Millar, creator of the Wanted mini-series, is interviewed about how the comic came to be and then its translation onto the big screen. My only nitpick is where is artist JG Jones in all of this? He and Millar are the co-creators of Wanted and I would have liked to hear his take on this.
"Through the Eyes of Visionary Director Timur Bekmambetov" has interviews with the cast and crew as they talk about their love and respect for the director of the film.
"Wanted: Motion Comics" brings the graphic novel to life by animating panels from the book.
"'The Little Things:' Music Video Mash-Up" are film clips set to a song by composer Danny Elfman.
Wanted veers off from its source material, and doesn’t quite hit the mark, but hopefully will redeem itself in the upcoming sequel.
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