Wanted

Wanted

Choose your destiny.

R 2008 · 110 min · ★ 6.5 (8K) · Action, Thriller, Crime

Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive 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.

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov · Written by Michael Brandt

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James McAvoy Wesley Gibson
Angelina Jolie Fox
Morgan Freeman Sloan
Terence Stamp Pekwarsky
Thomas Kretschmann Cross
Common The Gunsmith
Kristen Hager Cathy
Marc Warren The Repairman
David O'Hara Mr. X
Dato Bakhtadze The Butcher
Konstantin Khabenskiy The Exterminator
Chris Pratt Barry

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