Wanted: Timur Bekmambetov

I recently watched Timur Bekmambetov new movie "Wanted" staring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman. All I can say about the movie is that it's an movie of epic eye candy that never takes itself to seriously.

So I was looking online to see if there was going to be a sequel to Wanted or any of his other amazing films Night Watch or Day Watch and ran across this viral video that apparently Timur Bekmambetov created.


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If you've seen the movie it makes sense because it's all about breaking away from the chains of routine and finding meaning in your life. In the film James McAvoy does let loose in a generic office. But he mostly speaks his mind to his boss and busts up his coworker who's screwing his girlfriend. So the movie differs greatly to the video above.

The video was obviously released to create buzz and do a "holy crap do you see what this guy does in an office". At first I think it's really funny but it does go on for awhile and become a little too Fight Club'ish for me. The movie never takes itself too seriously which I appreciated and asks the audience to step outside themselves which I liked. This video goes a little further which according to Timur Bekmambetov blog (in Russian) is what he wanted.

He stated that the viral video was a stunt for the movie and it was his way of laughing at "gullibility of the West", what? I guess I'm gullible because it looks so freakin' real, why wouldn't I believe that it's real? Which makes you wonder: is this a typical outsiders view on america, gullible? Or is this Timur Bekmambetov's own perverted view of the US? This video and comment of "gullibility of the West" seems to me as his way of showcasing himself. I don't know if this viral video made it to the US and created buzz. But personally, I think the nature of the video turns me off because it's false. America isn't routine like Stalinist Russia was. He is taking his own culture and applying it on us. Which I think is a backlash of the Matrix films that did so well around the world. America is the opposite, it's bright lights big city, it's constant overwhelming eye candy and people aren't in a routine, they are constantly changing their minds and looking behind the curtain. Look at the stats on divorcing; babies being born; national debt or even forclosure's. We are a culture of excess because we are never happy with what we have.

So Mr. Bekmambetov's, I'd say your little video without realizing it is actually your own commentary on the routine of the East. Perhaps you should take look back home before you make social comments about our eye candy corner of the world.