"It's a choice, Wesley, that each of us must face: to remain ordinary, pathetic, beat-down, coasting through a miserable existence, like sheep herded by fate - or you can take control of your own destiny and join us, releasing the caged wolf you have inside."
All Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) really knows about himself is that he lives a boring life that necessitates regular use of anti-anxiety drugs to survive and that his father abandoned him when Gibson was an infant.
Nearly at his wits end at his job as an accounts manager in Chicago, Gibson is suddenly drawn into a mysterious 1,000-year-old Fraternity of super-assassins thanks to a violent, shooting chase through town in a car driven by Fox (Angelina Jolie). He is taken to the sage Sloan (Morgan Freeman) where he is aggressively tested to see if he has inherited the cunning ability his own father had. When it was determined that he did, Gibson was educated about violence such as fighting, knifing, shooting, speed and evasive driving, escape and any other talent a super-assassin might need.
Gibson's goal, according to Sloan, is to take out Cross (Thomas Kretschmann) rogue former member of the Fraternity who supposedly had murdered Gibson's father. What follows is intense chaos and confusion and results no one could expect.
Also appearing is Terence Stamp.
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov.
Run time:1 hour, 50 minutes
Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality.
My personal rating: B-
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