Goofs: Just before Wesley and Fox jump over the roof of the train for the first time for training, Fox is wearing high heel boots. After they jump, Fox is wearing flat boots.
(more) Trivia: Screenwriters Michael Brandt and Derek Haas named several of the movie's characters after people from their college alma mater, Baylor University. Robert Darden, the name of Wesley's first target for assassination, is the writing professor in whose class they first met. (They have used the name Darden for the first victim in several other films, as well:
3:10 to Yuma (2007) and
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)). Sloan, the character played by
Morgan Freeman, is taken from the university's previous president, who was forced to step down under pressure from faculty and alumni.
(more) Filming Locations: Berwyn, Illinois, USA
(more) Quotes: [
first lines]
Wesley: [
voice-over] It's my anorexic boss's birthday. This means there's a certain amount of inter-office pressure to stand around the conference table, eating crappy food and pretending to worship her. Acting for five minutes like Janice doesn't make all our lives miserable is the hardest work I'll do all day. My job title is account manager. I used to be called an account service representative, but a consultant told us we don't even manage our clients, and to not service them. I have a girlfriend who I neither manage or service. That's my best friend Barry fucking her on an Ikea kitchen table I picked up for a really good price. I'm finding it hard to care about anything these days. In fact, the only thing I do care about is the fact that I can't care about anything. Seriously, it worries me. My name is Wesley Gibson. My dad walked out on my mom when I was seven days old. Sometimes I wonder if he ever looked into my baby blue eyes and asked himself "did I just father the most insignificant asshole of the twenty-first century"?
(more) Awards: 1 nomination
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