Best Movies Guide: Why Wanted Still Matters

Wanted (2008) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. Choose your destiny.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

James McAvoy as Wesley Gibson; Angelina Jolie as Fox; Morgan Freeman as Sloan; Terence Stamp as Pekwarsky; Thomas Kretschmann as Cross; Common as The Gunsmith; Kristen Hager as Cathy; Marc Warren as The Repairman

About Wanted

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.

More like Wanted

• Brake
• God Is a Bullet
• White Elephant
• Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
• Polar
• Sniper: Legacy
• The Protector
• The Punisher: One Last Kill

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