Wanted

Wes Gibson (James McAvoy) is deeply embedded in a dead end life, snacking on anti-panic medication and living with a cheating partner. All this changes when a mysterious woman, Fox (Angelina Jolie), arrives and tells him his father was an assassin and his murderer is out to get Wes now. Wes ends up joining the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins and Timur Bekmambetov then takes you on a rollercoaster ride that Mark Millar detailed in the graphic novel of the same name. Enjoy the fun and believe in bullets that curve.

Rating: * * *

PS: It should be noted that one Ms. Sophiya Haque makes a brief cameo in the film.

In the Land of Blood and Honey

The movie starts gently with a man and a woman flirting on the dance floor. Their tryst is rudely interrupted by an explosion that the director cleverly uses to mark the intrusion of the Bosnian war into lives of the common folk. Next time the couple meet, Ajla (Zana Marjanovic) and Danijel (Goran Kostic) find themselves at the opposite sides of the ethnic conflict. Ajla being Muslim Bosnian is held captive by the Serbs and as coincidence or fate would have it, the commanding officer of the unit is Danijel. The laws of attraction paying scant attention to ethnicity, rears it heads as the two plunge down the illicit relationship road that turns darker as the movie flows. The story line is not original as the scenario has been visited before in Earth: 1947 and Lust, Caution. However nothing should be taken away from Angelina Jolie given that it is her debut as a director. She just needs to work on getting stillness right.

Rating: * * *

Kung Fu Panda 2

Sequel victim - below par humour & action. Mind numbing.

Rating: * +

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Cheesy dialogues, corny love story and a script which was DoA. Good effects and feel though. A pity that it turned out the way it did.

Rating: *