Wanted is a film that’s stuck in the past, through and through. It looks old, uses default scenes, and is basically a slapstick romp. The humor, much like Chuck Jones’ Looney Toons, has its moments, but certainly not enough to outweigh the sense of laziness on the director’s part. The plot is simple: man escapes from jail, must avoid capture. This leads to many chases and scenarios increasing ever further into madness. There are some moments that shine, such as the log sequence and one well done dance scene, but the rest fall flat. Part of the problem is the presentation doesn’t accentuate what’s going on. The camera oftentimes remains zoomed out for a scene regardless of what’s going on onscreen. The presentation lacks focus. The animation is decent, straying into jerkiness some times, but on the whole being acceptable. The movie falls desperately behind in visuals. The use of default scenery is the biggest complaint. The scenery that is custom made is the simplest possible, and lacking any sort of coherent design, leading us to wonder what the heck is actually going on. The sound is a treat. The film is in Italian with English subtitles, which is fun. The music is also mostly drawn from Looney Toons cartoons, which fits in well with a lot of the action taking place. However, it doesn’t do enough to overcome the overall feeling of laziness. The director appears to rely completely on the random, zany humor to distract people from the technical dinosaur this movie is. It has its moments, but the end feeling can’t help but hint that we have digressed at least 10 years. Review by Andrew Salter - 4/10.