In "Wanted" (2008), Wesley Gibson, played by James McAvoy, is a meek office worker who discovers he is the son of an assassin. Recruited into a secret society of assassins, led by Sloan (Morgan Freeman), Wesley learns to harness his newfound abilities to bend bullets and becomes a skilled killer. He seeks revenge against those who killed his father, leading to a high-octane action-packed journey of self-discovery and redemption.