Cast : James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie
Genre: Thriller
Rating: Irrational and cool
Pic : wikipedia.com
Synopsis:
The movie is open with Mr. X meeting with a ballastic specialist and aske her to find who made the bullet he gave, for their opponent. Their conversation is interrupted with gunshots from snipers accross the building. Mr. X jumps and shoots all the snipers. But he was killed from a distance.
The scene than move to Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy), an ordinary guy who works in ordinary company. Almost has pathetic life, and always feel underpressure because his fussy bos, and has nerve disease due to his severe anxiety. Gibson's life is changing completely when he meets Fox (Angelina Jolie), whom tell him that she knew his father, and said that his father is one of the greatest assasins and has died yesterday. Gibson which barely knew his father since he left him while he's just a toddler, thinks that Fox is misknown him with someone else. Suddenly, Fox grab him down and Gibson hears shootings. Someone is trying to kill them. Gibson manage to escape from the shooting battle and run away to the street, the shooter is almost catch him but before, Fox manages to save him. Soon they enter a wild car battle and succeed to leave the shooter.
Gibson wakes up in a place he doesn't know and meet Sloan (Morgan Freeman). He tells him about the fraternity of assasins and said his father also one of their members. Gibson also told that his anxiety is not a disease and it's the great talents inherrited from his father. Sloan also said that all Gibson Sr properties is now belong to him. Gibson refuses to believe and try to leave, but Sloan pushes him to shoot flies wings with a gun. Amazingly, Gibson is succed to shoot off all the flies wings.
Wakes up in the morning, Gibson feels that all things happen is just a dream. But while he's in the bath room, he finds a gun that Sloan said belongs to his late father. Gibson runs to atm and found his account now filled with more than 3 million dollar. Start the day with a happy face, Gibson goes to work. His pussy manager yells at him and said that he hasn't gave her report she wanted. Unable to bear it, Gibson yells at her back and mocks her in front of his surpraised colleauges. Gibson leaves his shocked boss and brings his keyboard, while passing his friend, Barry whom sleep with his girlfriend, he slammed the keyboard to his face.
Gibson goes to Sloan and tell him that he's ready to replace his father and revenge to his murder, Cross. Sloan gives Gibson to Fox, where he is trainned to be an assasins. The hard training almost made Gibson quit, but his father memories strengthened him and finally, he's ready for his first assasination. Sloan takes him to the loom of fate, a loom that will gives them targets names through binary code hidden in the threads. Gibson fails to perform his first task, he can't just kill somebody that he doesn't even knew. Fox tells him a story of a little girl whose father is a judge, and one day a killer came to their house, pointed his gun to the girl and asked he r to wave at her dad as if nothing happened. The killer burned the father in front of his daughter and carved his initial to the girl's neck. Fox said that the killer name is shown up several days before and a member of fraternity was failed to kill him. Gibson than finds out that the little girl is Fox. Gibson finishes his first task.
While coming back to his apartment to take his father gun, Gibson is almost shot. He run after his shooter and accidently killed one of the fraternity mamber. Sloan is finally gives him task to kill Cross. Gibson doesn't realize that Fox's next task is to kill him.
Gibson and Fox travel to Europe to find the bullet maker, Pekwarsky, and they come to the origin place of fraternity. Pekwarsky, under a gun point, agrees to help them arrange meeting with Cross. But before it happens, he runs away. Both Fox and Gibson are chasing, but Gibson suddenly feels that Cross is in the train. He jumps in to the train and cause a big chaos. Fox uses a car to chase the train and shoots Cross while Gibson jostling. She then throws the car in the running train. A man pull hand brake while the train is on the bridge, and caused it's bended and thrown off the railways. Cross grabs Gibson hand, but furious Gibson shoot him. Cross pulls Gibson and befor his last breath he said that Gibson is his son.
What happen next?
Comments:
Well, as a movie, wanted is good. They have great special effects and awesome stunts. But killing shouldn't be that easy. You really can't take people life because a loomp of thread said so. That's definitely out of question! Irrationable, bloody, and cool. That's are my comments.
Fun facts:
The scene than move to Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy), an ordinary guy who works in ordinary company. Almost has pathetic life, and always feel underpressure because his fussy bos, and has nerve disease due to his severe anxiety. Gibson's life is changing completely when he meets Fox (Angelina Jolie), whom tell him that she knew his father, and said that his father is one of the greatest assasins and has died yesterday. Gibson which barely knew his father since he left him while he's just a toddler, thinks that Fox is misknown him with someone else. Suddenly, Fox grab him down and Gibson hears shootings. Someone is trying to kill them. Gibson manage to escape from the shooting battle and run away to the street, the shooter is almost catch him but before, Fox manages to save him. Soon they enter a wild car battle and succeed to leave the shooter.
Gibson wakes up in a place he doesn't know and meet Sloan (Morgan Freeman). He tells him about the fraternity of assasins and said his father also one of their members. Gibson also told that his anxiety is not a disease and it's the great talents inherrited from his father. Sloan also said that all Gibson Sr properties is now belong to him. Gibson refuses to believe and try to leave, but Sloan pushes him to shoot flies wings with a gun. Amazingly, Gibson is succed to shoot off all the flies wings.
Wakes up in the morning, Gibson feels that all things happen is just a dream. But while he's in the bath room, he finds a gun that Sloan said belongs to his late father. Gibson runs to atm and found his account now filled with more than 3 million dollar. Start the day with a happy face, Gibson goes to work. His pussy manager yells at him and said that he hasn't gave her report she wanted. Unable to bear it, Gibson yells at her back and mocks her in front of his surpraised colleauges. Gibson leaves his shocked boss and brings his keyboard, while passing his friend, Barry whom sleep with his girlfriend, he slammed the keyboard to his face.
Gibson goes to Sloan and tell him that he's ready to replace his father and revenge to his murder, Cross. Sloan gives Gibson to Fox, where he is trainned to be an assasins. The hard training almost made Gibson quit, but his father memories strengthened him and finally, he's ready for his first assasination. Sloan takes him to the loom of fate, a loom that will gives them targets names through binary code hidden in the threads. Gibson fails to perform his first task, he can't just kill somebody that he doesn't even knew. Fox tells him a story of a little girl whose father is a judge, and one day a killer came to their house, pointed his gun to the girl and asked he r to wave at her dad as if nothing happened. The killer burned the father in front of his daughter and carved his initial to the girl's neck. Fox said that the killer name is shown up several days before and a member of fraternity was failed to kill him. Gibson than finds out that the little girl is Fox. Gibson finishes his first task.
While coming back to his apartment to take his father gun, Gibson is almost shot. He run after his shooter and accidently killed one of the fraternity mamber. Sloan is finally gives him task to kill Cross. Gibson doesn't realize that Fox's next task is to kill him.
Gibson and Fox travel to Europe to find the bullet maker, Pekwarsky, and they come to the origin place of fraternity. Pekwarsky, under a gun point, agrees to help them arrange meeting with Cross. But before it happens, he runs away. Both Fox and Gibson are chasing, but Gibson suddenly feels that Cross is in the train. He jumps in to the train and cause a big chaos. Fox uses a car to chase the train and shoots Cross while Gibson jostling. She then throws the car in the running train. A man pull hand brake while the train is on the bridge, and caused it's bended and thrown off the railways. Cross grabs Gibson hand, but furious Gibson shoot him. Cross pulls Gibson and befor his last breath he said that Gibson is his son.
What happen next?
Comments:
Well, as a movie, wanted is good. They have great special effects and awesome stunts. But killing shouldn't be that easy. You really can't take people life because a loomp of thread said so. That's definitely out of question! Irrationable, bloody, and cool. That's are my comments.
Fun facts:
- Taken from a comic called Top Cow Production by Mark Millar
- This is the first english language film for the director, Timur Bekmambetov
- Shooting took place in Chicago, Prague, Checz Republic, and Budapest.
- When Wesley returns to his apartment to retrieve his father's gun, Barry's missing tooth is clearly blacked out.
- On the train scene, where Gibson is trained, Fox was using high heel boots, after they jumped, Fox was wearing flat boots.
- imdb.com and wikipedia.com