Based upon Mark Millar's explosive graphic novel series and helmed by
stunning visualist director Timur Bekmambetov - creator of the most
successful Russian film franchise in history, the Night Watch series -
Wanted tells the tale of one apathetic nobody’s transformation into an
unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, the world will be introduced
to a hero for a new generation: Wesley Gibson.
25 year old Wes (
James McAvoy)
was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever
known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him
routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain
this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else
for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow,
clock-punching rut.
Until he met a woman named Fox (
Angelina Jolie).
After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits
Wes into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his
dad's death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to
develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers
this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death
orders given by fate itself.
With wickedly brilliant tutors - including the Fraternity’s enigmatic leader, Sloan (
Morgan Freeman)
- Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But, slowly, he
begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets
the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance, Wes
will come to learn what no one could ever teach him: he alone controls
his destiny.