If we were living in Russia, the upcoming adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book Wanted starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman would be as hotly anticipated by geeks just as much as some of the other big films of the summer.
Sadly we don’t and it isn’t. We are stuck with some uber lame trailers, whilst all the good stuff from the movie goes into foreign trailers that the MPAA would never pass.
How bad-ass does this movie look from this trailer? Yeah it still feels gimmicky to the 10th degree but it oddly kinda works. Maybe it’s because of the dialogue being missing (well not missing but in a different language) and there’s no doubt this Timbor Bekmambetov is one hell of a visual genius.
Finally McAvoy feels like he is leading the movie and not just observing it like a sidekick to a poor Angelina Jolie film. Less of the curvy bullets = more enjoyment from me.
I’m oddly finding myself looking forward to the movie now and all it took was a change of trailer.
Wanted opens June 27th worldwide. Still too many nods to The Matrix but let’s hope it can stand on it’s own.
source – aicn
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Indeed … much better without censorship … And is kind of ironic because America is one of the most violent countries in the world and Hollywood makes the most violent movies in the world … but we don’t see trailers like this in America. Weird.
I hope that even if the movie bombs that Timbor Bekmambetov still gets offered other projects and remains an in-demand director. The Matrix influence might be obvious, but it still takes a great eye to pull it off. It would be great if Timbor directed the rumored next Mission Impossible movie.
Yeah, “Timur” is an extremely difficult name !..
If you study Film you are keenly aware that one of the strongest influences on film today are the Russian masters (Eisenstein, Tarkovsky etc…) It should be no surprise that out from the now defunct iron curtain a new visual inovator should emerge – a little more commercial – but definitly noticed, his name is Timbor Bekmambetov.
This movie is awesome – will review it fully shortly. To call Bekmambetov an innovator is a bit grandiose though: he’s fun, exciting and good to watch, but originality isn’t high on his list of characteristics!