OfficeSpace meets Star Wars in this action-packed, riveting film about fulfilling your destiny. Its combination of intensely gruesome, well-choreographed action sequences, groundbreaking special effects, jaw-dropping dialogue, and remarkable show of beautiful faces and unbelievably believable acting make it a movie worth paying multiplex prices to see (student and matinee discounts not applicable!).

Hearthrob James McAvoy demonstrates amazing ability and true talent in playing Wesley Gibson—a less-than- average Joe living an extremely boring American life.  There is little to him outside his Xanax dependency, the cubicle he occupies daily from 9-5, a raging bitch boss with her red stapler, and his apartment which is conveniently located along the monorail in the bad part of town. Things continue to suck for Wesley as he discovers he is broke and his girlfriend is cheating on him with his best friend. Then one day, as he is making his routine trip to the grocery store, Wesley stumbles upon Fox (Angelina Jolie) who tells him about his destiny to join the Fraternity, an order of genetically chosen assassins that seek to bring peace to the world.  Fox takes Wesley to The Fraternity’s equivalent of Dagobah—a textile mill which houses The Fraternity’s Headquarters—to meet Sloan (Morgan Freeman), The Fraternity’s head honcho.  There, members of The Fraternity school Wesley in the art of interrogation survival and hand-to-hand and armed combat. The Fraternity—on binary-communicated orders from a twisted Deus Ex Machina—trains him to execute a rogue Jedi—I mean—member of the Fraternity that happens to be the same man who killed Wesley’s Father.

Credit has to be given to the incredibly talented cast.  James McAvoy shows he is an exceptional, yet versatile actor. He steps out of his comfort zone which involved his previous roles in Atonement, Becoming Jane, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. and transitions into Grammaton Cleric Luke. Plus, the whole Nerd-boy becomes Assassin deal is totally hot. Angelina Jolie speaks little, listens much, and still pulls off a badass femme fatale.  Her nonverbal expressions give an added presence to her character in a non-prima-dona type way. And Morgan Freeman, need I say more? As always, Morgan Freeman’s character is the voice of leadership, unity, and morality in a character that you sympathize with.
Let go of the dull, linear world that you live in.  Allow movie elements to defy logic in favor of imagination. Permit yourself to believe. The story and the characters involved—based on a graphic novel creation by Mark Millar—captivate you and suck you into a completely different world. Assassins are mystical and have special powers like superhuman reflexes and an ability to spin English on a bullet. Cars commit unrealistic stunts that are easily forgivable and can be written off as “interesting and creative concepts.”

With this breakthrough film as his studio debut, Director Timur Bekmambetov proves himself to be a visionary director. Bekmambetov puts together intense car crashes, suspenseful chases, heart-stopping explosions, and a surprise ending that lets you never forget who shot first! This movie is engaging from its open sequence to the MPAA symbol in the very end of the credits.