Wanted
Action, Drama, Thriller
Universal  (7/24/2008) 110 mins R

7.0 (66,023 votes)
When Wesley Allen Gibson (James McAvoy) is an office worker stuck in a routine that he knows is slowly draining him of life. But Gibson's chance encounter with Fox (Angelina Jolie), a mysterious and beautiful stranger, and Sloan (Morgan Freeman), a man who seemingly knows everything about him, leaves his world turned upside down and shaken. Gibson discovers that the father he thought had died years before was actually a professional assassin and has only just recently died, brought down by another professional in the field. Fueled by eagerness to know the truth and to avenge his father's death, Gibson must sacrifice everything he knows and everything he holds dear - only to find that not all is what it seems....

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Cast and Crew
James McAvoy  ......  Wesley Allan Gibson
Morgan Freeman  ......  Sloan
Angelina Jolie  ......  Fox
Terence Stamp  ......  Pekwarsky
Thomas Kretschmann  ......  Cross
Common  ......  Gunsmith
Director  .....  Timur Bekmambetov
Producer  .....  Jim Lemley; Jason Netter; Roger Birnbaum; Gary Barber
Writer  .....  Michael Brandt; Derek Haas
Cinematography  .....  Mitchell Amundsen
Musician  .....  Danny Elfman
Notes
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"?
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Awards:
1 nomination (more)