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There are two ways, equally valid, of looking at “Wanted”: (1) as a go-for-broke action movie of mixed quality and modest but definite entertainment value, or (2) as a sick, sick movie for a sick, sick public.
So this is a review in two parts. But to give you a teaser of part 2, think about this: If a patient presented the story of “Wanted” to a psychiatrist, as a fantasy or dream, the psychiatrist would think, “This person is in trouble.” But take this fantasy and present it in the form of a movie, and have millions of people cheer it, and identify with it, and no one recognizes the pathology. There’s a 5-ton elephant in the room and everybody thinks it’s a desk lamp.
Mick LaSalle, Chronicle Movie Critic