High-Def Digest: All Hig (Free subscription) | yesterday
Part subversive comicbook thriller, part satirical Hollywood actioner and, most surprisingly, part dramatic study of identity, purpose, and principle, director Timur Bekmambetov’s ‘Wanted’ has divided...
ReelComix.com! (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
The best way to sum up wanted is with the words 'Holy Shit'. This is effectively the coolest damn movie I have seen in quite some time. The movie firmly blows past the days of George Clooney and Val Kilmer playing batman and the heart throb of the week putting on tights to play a hero. Mark Millers Wanted directed by russian director Timur Bek...
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wanted is fun as an action feature, but beyond that it doesn’t offer much more in terms of cerebral entertainment. However, I don’t think Russian helmer Timur Bekmambetov was really shooting for anything more than an effects driven film and in those terms he succeeds with a moderate amount of the absurd tossed in for [...]
Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov is now working on horror sequel Twilight Watch, but fans who dig the Russian filmmaker's eccentric eye for mayhem can see the man at work starting Tuesday when a slew of Wanted DVD packages hit stores. The two-disc Wanted set ($34.98) includes a featurette devoted to the film's wild action sequence work as stunt coordinators Nick Gillard and Mic Rodgers...
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to buy it…Sorry, I blanked out. Wanted is a very fun, and action packed movie. From director Timur Bekmambetov, who gave us the Nightwatch and Daywatch films, this is an excellent breakthrough movie into the American mainstream. Angelina Jolie gives us a taste of what we used to enjoy about her, and Morgan Freeman drops an F-bomb. Not to mention that James McAvoy is one of the next...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
More of this summer's films come to DVD this week, led by the extras-packed fantasy The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. If bullet-bending is more your style, you'll want to pick up Timur Bekmambetov's super-charged actioner, Wanted; for raunchy, man-child laughs check out Will Ferrell's Step Brothers. And if your...
/Film (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... of Wanted: Bringing the Graphic Novel to Life – Creator Mark Millar, producer Marc Platt, director Timur Bekmambetov and screenwriters Michael Brandt, Derek Haas and Chris Morgan discuss the original graphic novel and the process of adapting it for the big screen. Through the Eyes of Visionary Director Timur Bekmambetov – A video portrait of director Timur Bekmambetov,...
Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
according to timur bekmambetov director of matrixy thriller quotwanted jolie commands true respect in hollywood and theres no other female star who can upstage the actresshe said that on the set of the film jolie actually ended up mentoring costar james mcavoy and helped him get through at numerous occasionsquotangelina was his mentor she helped him she was the hollywood person and his...
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | yesterday
... unique action films of the past few years — that is how I would describe Wanted , from director Timur Bekmambetov. It also contains some of the most fun gun play we’ve seen on screen in a while. And not to mention a little bit of Angelina Jolie, sans clothing, which is good no matter what. As audiences found out this summer, even some of the less mainstream comic books — in this case,...
BigPictureBigSound.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The FilmBased upon the Top Cow comic book written by Mark Millar and drawn by J.G. Jones, Wanted is an in-your-face action-for-action's-sake popcorn flick. As directed by Timur Bekmambetov, it is at times very clever in small ways and offers physics-defying tricks which we didn't even see in The Matrix. This story--about a downtrodden drone (James McAvoy) who is suddenly drafted into...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... around corners -- after a little training from a deadly vixen named Fox (Angelina Jolie). Director Timur Bekmambetov ignores the weaknesses of the story and its flimsy mythology, as well as every law of physics, in the dazzling spectacle. You either go with the fantasy and enjoy the impossible acts of kinetic creativity or get stuck in the preposterousness of the premise. Extras include...
Digital Lard (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... available to as wide an audience as possible in a bid to make more money. In his Hollywood debut, Timur Bekmambetov (director of the successful Russian films Night Watch and Day Watch) was given the helm as director and a rollercoaster ride of thrilling action begins!The plot is centered around a young named Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy). He lives a hum-drum life, he works in a cubicle...
Smartcine.com (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
FILM REVIEW:“Wanted” based on the six issue comic book miniseries by Mark Millar and directed by Timur Bekmambetov, the man that brought us the Russian blockbuster “Night Watch“, features so much over the top action that it bares comparison to 2007’s “Shoot’Em Up”. However, “Wanted” has the character development and story elements that elevate it beyond just your regular action movie....
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Website Buy it on Blu-ray (Amazon) Read the review James McAvoy interview Timur Bekmambetov interview Wanted photo gallery Read our preview
