History Film / Wanted

->''"This is the role AngelinaJolie was born to play. She emerged from the womb already covered in tattoos and eyeliner for the express purpose of playing this character, who immediately entered my pantheon of Chicks I Want to Be Like When I Grow Up. Fox is the reason Angelina Jolie was put on this earth."''

There is a game, ''Weapons of Fate,'' that draws plot elements from both the comic book and the film (most notably, Wesley in his original costume and the Russian assassin that serves as a PlotPoint in the movie). The game starts shortly after the movie ends, and is notable both for being a sequel instead of a recreation, and for taking a year after the movie's release for development with the explicit goal of ''not'' falling into the "rushed product to match the movie's release date and hype" trap. Naturally, opinions vary on the success.

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: The moment you hear the EpicRiff from "[[DannyElfman The Little Things]]", either shit just went down, or it's about to.

Very loosely based on, or [[InNameOnly at least named after]] a [[ComicBook/{{Wanted}} comic-book miniseries by Mark Millar]] with very different characters, themes, and setting.

Originally a [[ComicBook/{{Wanted}} comic-book miniseries by Mark Millar]] with little to nothing in common with the movie.

* TheUnfrozenCavemanLawyer: Wesley Gibson. Pathetic cubicle rat = badass assassin. His "panic attacks" make him look like an absolute loser - when someone starts bullying him, he ''appears'' to just blow apart at the seams. Turns out that they're actually the the untrained expression of a rare superhuman ability; when stressed, the drastically increased heart rate and adrenaline levels result in BulletTime - bursts of superhuman strength, speed, and reflexes.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Wesley gives an absolutely ''epic'' one to his MeanBoss just before he quits, and to top it off slugs his former best friend in the face with a keyboard on his way out.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Fraternity in the film adaptation are ''much'' less villainous than the Fraternity in the original comic book. They weren't merely corrupt assassins, they were ''supervillains'' who engaged in murder and rape on a regular basis (Fox, for example, introduces herself to Wesley by killing a room full of innocent bystanders). Even Wesley himself didn't shy away from engaging in these atrocities either.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Fraternity in the film adaptation are ''much'' less villainous than the Fraternity in the original comic book. They weren't merely corrupt assassins, they were ''supervillains'' who engaged in murder and rape on a regular basis. Even Wesley himself didn't shy away from engaging in these atrocities either.

* BizarreAndImprobableBallistics: If the phrase "bullet curving" doesn't say it all, what would?

* FailedASpotCheck: Note to self: check the floor for big X's

* TrainingFromHell: Wesley goes through this, regularly getting beaten and cut up, tearing his hands up trying to catch a shuttle in an industrial loom, and enduring verbal and emotional abuse.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Fraternity in the film adaptation are ''much'' less villainous than the Fraternity in the original comic book.

* When Wesley snaps, quits his job and smacks his backstabbing "best friend" on the way out with his keyboard, we're treated to a BulletTime shot of a tooth flying out, forming the second letter U to accompany the F, U, C, K and Y, O keys that flew off the keyboard. [[RefugeInAudacity It's that kind of movie.]]

** JamesMcAvoy. JamesMcAvoy, shirtless. JamesMcAvoy, shirtless and dripping wet. JamesMcAvoy, shirtless, dripping wet, and wearing a leather jacket.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Inverted. The Fraternity in the film adaptation are much less villainous than the Fraternity in the original comic book.
* AdrenalineMakeover: A rare male, delayed action case in Wesley. He meets Fox, then goes back to his own mundane life. But one snarky remark too many from his BadBoss sets the makeover in motion.

* AncientTradition: The Fraternity

* TheRedStapler: A literal one. Janice snaps it at Wesley a lot, and when he snaps, he snatches the stapler and smashes it.

* Big"ShutUp!": When Wesley snaps at Janice after pushing him over the edge: '''"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"'''

* Big"ShutUp": When Wesley snaps at Janice after pushing him over the edge: ''"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"''

* {{Cuckold}}: The beginning has the protagonist Wesley in a relationship with a girlfriend who is blatantly cheating on him with his best friend, and him being powerless to do anything about it.