Wanted Review
In short, this is the movie Shoot ‘Em Up should have been.
You spend a good initial chunk of the movie waiting to find out if they’re in the Matrix but, as I predicted, the self-controlled adrenal boost is a serviceable explanation - remember the mom lifting a car to save her kid thing.
Marc Warren was a pleasant surprise although he was underutilized in my opinion. There was one scene where he’s sitting next to Angelina Jolie and you just know he’s thinking “I’m sitting next to Angelina Jolie; I could have the head of a dog, set myself on fire, and do mid-air cartwheels on a unicorn and still no one would be looking at me“. But between Burn Up and this he seems to be getting some mainstream attention, which probably explains his unfortunate absence from the next season of Hustle.
Oh well, if it’s good enough for Adrian…at least Marc’s choosing some good projects.
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