It's a choice, that each of us must face:

...remain ordinary, pathetic, beat-down, coasting through a miserable existence, like sheep herded by fate...

...or take control of your own destiny and join us, releasing the caged wolf you have inside...

As a fan of the Mark Millar and J. G. Jones graphic novel upon which this is loosely based, I've been anticipating Wanted ever since it was announced.

It's the story of chronic loser Wesley Gibson (the excellent James McAvoy), a downtrodden hypochondriac whose girlfriend is sleeping with his best friend and whose lardy boss at his dead-end job lives to make his life hell every single day.

What are the chances that this Wesley is actually be the son of the world's greatest ever assassin?

Might he have an intrinsic killer instinct and be blessed with unnatural ability to curve bullets in mid flight?

Yes it's another one of those geeky heroes who get their wildest wishes fulfilled plotlines but here it is played out as the ultimate balls-to-the-wall action overload.

Wanted really should be your first choice this summer for violent high octane, seriously over the top adventure - providing you can stomach some violence and profanity.

Timur 'Daywatch' Bekmambetov directs his first US film with insane pulse pounding action channelling the spirit of Fight Club, Die Hard and The Matrix all at the same time!

From the second that the scales fall from Wesley's eyes and he enters a world of fast cars, big guns and a badass new girlfriend and mentor named Fox (a stunning Angelina Jolie), you can do nothing but buckle up and enjoy the ride.

The superhero / villain plot of the graphic novel has been ejected and replaced with a real world secret society of assassins who 'kill for Fate' back story.

This actually works really well but might disappoint some fans of the Millar original.

Anyway, Wesley undergoes a brutal training regime in order to hone his killing skills - his eventual target a rogue assassin named Cross (Thomas Kretschmann) who murdered his father.

Morgan Freeman is on hand as Sloan – leader of the Fraternity who employ this roster of killers and the crunching action builds up to a supremely satisfying climax.

Wanted is basically the bigger, slightly mentally challenged best pal of Fight Club... It puts McAvoy in the big league for leading man roles and blows the competition away in terms of hardcore action entertainment... repeated viewings recommended - bring on the sequel ASAP!!

Related link:

Wanted website