Wanted (2008)

A nondescript accounts manager (James McAvoy) finds his routine life thrown out of whack when he's approached by an assassin (Angelina Jolie) and recruited into a thousand year old secret organization that performs assassinations to "stabilize" society. Based on a comic book series by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones and directed by Timur Bekmambetov (the 2016 BEN-HUR remake). While the film starts off poorly but slowly improves to the extent that it turns entertaining as it chugs along, it remains a dumb movie to the very end. Overdosed with CGI, it's the kind of illogical fantasy world where bullets curve and turn in slow motion after being fired and cars flip in mid air while hit men shoot the target below them. If you can accept the inanity of the plot and relentless violence (after awhile you become inured to it), you can have a mindless good time. McAvoy makes for a perfect loser but his transition to master assassin takes a huge suspension of belief. The overqualified cast includes Morgan Freeman, Chris Pratt, Terence Stamp, Common and Thomas Kretschmann.