10. The crazy, visceral, anarchic energy of the movie. There's just this boyish spirit of glee at all the pretty violence in this film and it's infectious.
9. That it is an adaptation of a comic book - Mark Millar and J.G. Jones' comicbook of the same name. There is more to comicbooks than Spiderman, Superman and the rest of the superheroes.
8. Angelina Jolie. She does so much with so little - she suggests so much back story and history with her character and sells it.
7. Morgan Freeman. Love that he messes around with his image as the benevolent father figure and fucks up our expectations. "Shoot this motherfucker!"
6. The plot twist. I genuinely did not see that coming.
5. A totally gross and unexpected use of rats. HA!
4. The office meltdown/empowerment scene. Keyboards are mightier than the pen!
3. Terence Stamp! WTF? How did he get into this film??
2. The ending. Nice capper on the whole ridiculousness of this film and surprisingly rings true to the original ending of the comicbook.
1. James McAvoy. Angelina may have been the draw for most audiences but James carried this film like a mutherfucker. He remains likeable even when blowing people up and the growth from nerd to hardass was completely believeable because this guy can actually ACT. Nice.
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