My excitement to find an answer to a question was suddenly halted due to cancelled meeting. I am interested to ask whether “the loom” in Wanted movie has a fiber of reality or just a pure fiction.
Wesley Gibson was recruited by Fox due to his extraordinary ability to concentrate adrenaline. Given the intense and proper training by the high ranking assassins, his panic attack can be processed into a highly specialized skills like slow down time and curve bullet. The lure is to find out his father’s killer only to unearth the bug in decoding the looms’ code.
It turns out that Sloan, the Fraternity decoder, is doing more than relaying encoded instructions. He is adapting the code to his own agenda. He is manipulating. Eliminate his profit’s threat.
And the more interesting question for me is that despite the power and influence Sloan has, he still feels insecure of his position.
Maybe Sloan is not as skillful as he is. Or, he is not as he believes. Or, he was made to believe his skill is just it is, to pass instruction.
But I won’t get answers from the fiber expert nor from Sloan.
It’s just sad I won’t be able to flex my professionalism: to ask question and make us think.
It is sad I was not able to hold the beat.
Below is An ai generated gist:
In the 2008 action thriller Wanted, Angelina Jolie stars as Fox, a high-ranking member of a secret society of assassins known as The Fraternity. [1, 2]
Plot Overview
The story follows Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy), a meek and frustrated office worker living a dead-end life. His world changes when he meets the mysterious and deadly Fox, who informs him that his estranged father was a legendary assassin recently murdered by a rogue member of the group named Cross. [3, 4, 5, 6]
The Fraternity and Training
Fox recruits Wesley into The Fraternity, which is led by the enigmatic Sloan (Morgan Freeman). Wesley learns that: [2, 7]
- The Loom of Fate: The group takes its orders from a mystical weaving loom that reveals the names of people who must be killed to maintain the balance of the world (“Kill one, save a thousand”).
- Superhuman Abilities: Wesley’s supposed panic attacks are actually a latent ability to process massive amounts of adrenaline, allowing him to experience time slowly and perform feats like curving bullets.
- Brutal Mentorship: Under the strict and often violent guidance of Fox and other members, Wesley undergoes intense training to unlock his potential and prepare to hunt down Cross. [5, 6, 8, 9, 10]
The Twist and Climax
As Wesley hones his skills, he eventually discovers that Cross is actually his real father, who went rogue after learning that Sloan had been manipulating the Loom of Fate for personal profit. [11, 12]
- The Confrontation: After Wesley kills his father, he learns the truth and decides to destroy The Fraternity.
- Fox’s Ultimate Choice: In the final showdown, Sloan reveals that the names of all the Fraternity members (including Fox and Wesley) have appeared in the Loom. While the others choose to ignore it, Fox remains fiercely loyal to the “code.” She curves a single bullet that travels in a full circle, killing all the corrupt assassins and herself, but leaves her gun for Wesley to finish the job. [11, 12, 13]
The film ends with Wesley taking full control of his life, having used a decoy to lure Sloan into a final, long-range sniper shot. [11, 12]
[2] https://www.rottentomatoes.com
[4] https://behindthelensonline.net
[5] https://www.commonsensemedia.org
[7] https://www.rottentomatoes.com
[10] https://www.rollingstone.com
[12] https://www.imdb.com
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