The truth is that we're all deserving of death, a fact that Morgan Freeman's Sloan and the rest of the society of assassins couldn't face. They wanted to be above that sentence, felt that they deserved to be above that sentence, and tried to manipulate circumstances to make sure they remained above the judgment that had been passed on them all.

Fortunately for us, God took care of that problem for us. Instead of killing one to save a thousand, One willingly died in order to save us all. Jesus Christ died and rose again so that we might be spared the death we so justly deserve. Jesus paid the price for us with his death because God loves us all so much; and as I pointed out, he wants to save all of us so we can experience life with him. However, the choice is up to us; we must choose to be saved.

Wanted tells us that our fate is in our hands and it isn't decided for us, and that's absolutely right. We can choose our fate: heaven or hell, life or death. Which will you choose? Or as the movie puts it, "What have you done with your life?"

Wanted features some of the best action sequences I've seen this summer, and it even features a sequence that I'd say rivals the lobby scene from The Matrix. That's not to say it's a better movie, simply that it has some very thrilling, very fun moments. But it's also a very dark, very gritty film. The violence is brutal and bloody. The language is coarse and harsh. And there a two quick and not at all romantic sex scenes. All of this adds up to a movie that I simply can't recommend to anyone. If I were to sum up Wanted, I'd say that it's Spider-Man (with a bad attitude) mixed with The Matrix mixed with 300. Whether or not that's a film that anyone needs to see is questionable to say the least.

Wanted won't hold its own against the other bigger and better films of the summer, but it was fun for what it is and if you take the time to examine it, it does touch on some fairly substantial and thought-provoking issues. It doesn't really dwell on those issues, but they are there. Still, I'm here to tell you that you don't need to see Wanted, and seeing as how the competition this weekend is Wall-E, you're probably better off going to see that

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