Wanted [WS] [DVS Enhanced]

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Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen
Rating:
R — for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality
Language:
French, Spanish, English
Studio:
Universal Studios
UPC:
025195016674
Year of Release:
2008
Item Number:
MCA001667
Release Date:
12/02/2008
Genre:

Action –

Action Thriller
Format:

DVD

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Night Watch director Timur Bekmambetov helms his first English-language feature film with this big-screen adaptation of Mark Millar's action-packed graphic novel. Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) is a cube-dwelling hypochondriac whose uneventful life has become a mundane blur of terminal boredom. Repeatedly humiliated by his boss and constantly cuckolded by his cheating girlfriend, weakling Wes seems to be living right down to everyone's expectations that he would never amount to anything in life. However, upon discovering that the father he never knew has been brutally murdered, the spineless, clock-punching pushover is recruited into a secret society of assassins known as the Fraternity. During the course of his training, the man who was once an office-bound wimp develops lightning-fast reflexes and superhuman dexterity courtesy of his skilled mentor Fox (Angelina Jolie). Upon completing his training, Wes is assigned the task of dealing out death to the mythological Fates, who possess the ability to alter the lifelines of mortal men. It isn't long before the nebbish nerd-turned-agile assassin is erasing the bad guys with surprising efficiency, yet as Wes begins to carry the mantle passed down to him by his father, he gradually begins to suspect that his wise tutors are not the crime-fighting enforcers they present themselves to be. Now, with everything he ever wanted in life finally within his grasp, Wes is about to find out that the only thing more difficult than ending the lives of others is summoning the courage to take control of his own. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

DVD FEATURES:

Region: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo
Encoding: NTSC
Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV, Color
Subtitle: French, Spanish

AWARDS

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Nominated Best Sound Editing - 2008 (Wylie Stateman)
Nominated Best Sound Mixing - 2008 (Chris Jenkins, Petr Forejt, Frank A. Montaño)
Broadcast Film Critics Association
Nominated Best Action Movie - 2008
Los Angeles Film Festival
Film Presented - 2008