Wanted BBFC 18 (2008)
Directed By
Timur Bekmambetov
Produced By
Marc Platt
Jim Lemley
Jason Netter
Iain Smith
Written By
Chris Morgan
Michael Brandt
Derek Haas
Starring
Angelina Jolie
James McAvoy
Morgan Freeman
Common
Thomas Kretschmann
Konstantin Khabensky
Music By
Danny Elfman
Cinematography
Mitchell Amundsen
Editing By
David Brenner
Studios
Spyglass Entertainment
Relativity Media
Distributed By
Universal Pictures
Release Date
June 27, 2008
Running Time
110 minutes
Budget
$75 million
Gross Revenue
$341,433,252
Narrative
The narrative for this movie revolves around a seemingly pathetic tired man, who is stuck in a dead end job that he despises. Wishing he could quit, he also has a girl friend that is cheating on him with his best friend, and is on medication he feels that he can’t live without for his anxiety disorder. However, out of the blue he is being told that he is a son of a famous assassin a, rich assassin who has just died and he should follow in his footsteps and avenge his dad.
Origin
The movie is based on the “Wanted” comic books by Mark Miller.
Diegetic
The gunshot sounds come in when Fox (Angelina Jolie) is trying to kill a assassin in a drugstore.
Non Diegetic
Rock music is being played when James MacAvoy stands up for himself.
The Opening
The opening titles of this movie starts off with an alarm clock ringing and then you see James MacAvoy in bed trying to get up to go to work. While we are seeing, this he is also the voice over, narrating what’s happening. This movie also has fast cuts in some areas of the film for example, when showing a car chase with the shooting going on, the purpose of fast cuts is to make the viewer want to watch the following scene, the emotion you get when watching this is excitement.
The narrative for this movie revolves around a seemingly pathetic tired man, who is stuck in a dead end job that he despises. Wishing he could quit, he also has a girl friend that is cheating on him with his best friend, and is on medication he feels that he can’t live without for his anxiety disorder. However, out of the blue he is being told that he is a son of a famous assassin a, rich assassin who has just died and he should follow in his footsteps and avenge his dad.
Origin
The movie is based on the “Wanted” comic books by Mark Miller.
Diegetic
The gunshot sounds come in when Fox (Angelina Jolie) is trying to kill a assassin in a drugstore.
Non Diegetic
Rock music is being played when James MacAvoy stands up for himself.
The Opening
The opening titles of this movie starts off with an alarm clock ringing and then you see James MacAvoy in bed trying to get up to go to work. While we are seeing, this he is also the voice over, narrating what’s happening. This movie also has fast cuts in some areas of the film for example, when showing a car chase with the shooting going on, the purpose of fast cuts is to make the viewer want to watch the following scene, the emotion you get when watching this is excitement.
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