Wanted

"Choose your destiny."

Jun 27 2008 R 1h 50m
Action, Crime, Fantasy

Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets a sexy woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered father - whom Wesley never knew - belonged to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins which takes its orders from Fate itself. Fox and Sloan, the Fraternity's leader, teach Wesley, through intense training, to tap into dormant powers and hone his innate killing skills. Though he enjoys his newfound abilities, he begins to suspect that there is more to the Fraternity than meets the eye.

Plot

A young man finds out his long lost father is an assassin. When his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan to follow in his dad's footsteps.

Written by

Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan

Directed by

Timur Bekmambetov

Production Countries

Germany, United States of America

Production Companies

Kickstart, Universal Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Bazelevs Production, Marc Platt Productions, Relativity Media, Revolution Sun Studios, Ringerike Zweite Filmproduktion, Top Cow Productions

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 25 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
418,410
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
64
Popularity
NA