Trailer Watch: Wanted
This entry was posted on 1/23/2008 10:10 AM and is filed under Trailer Watch.
So
the trailer for Wanted,
Universal's big, summertime, action-happy assassins tale starring James McAvoy and
Angelina Jolie, elicits intrigue and shrugs in almost equal fashion. It also includes narration from costar Morgan Freeman. Really? Isn't that, like... totally a cliché by now? I won't likely be catching this weekend's
Meet the Spartans, but I'm pretty sure the
Date Movie guys will be honing in on that
device of faux-solemnity shortly, if they haven't already.
The English language debut of Russian director Timur Bekmambetov, who crafted the edge-dancing, apocalyptic fantasy action thrillers
Night Watch and
Day Watch,
Wanted seems to have style in spades, no doubt. And there may or may not be a really hot love scene between its stars.
But isn't this just destined to play on a double bill with Mr. & Mrs. Smith,
and seemingly made entirely for that reason? And also, isn't this story basically just a slightly more grown-up version of the plot from
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker? Just sayin'...
