Maps of Movies

Wanted (2008)

Where Wanted says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The Chicago of Wanted was largely built in Prague, in an old sugar factory

Scenes and places

The rooftop opening (2008)

The film opens high above Chicago, on a rooftop. It sets a cold, precise tone before we meet the ordinary man at the centre.

Set in Chicago rooftop — A Chicago rooftop where the film opens. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A landmark skyscraper beside the Chicago River.

Filmed at Carbide & Carbon Building, Chicago (Michigan-Wacker Historic District, Chicago, USA) — The film's opening scene was shot at the top of this skyscraper. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In downtown Chicago, a short walk from the Chicago River and Michigan Avenue.

Wesley's dead-end office (2008)

Wesley sits at a dead-end desk job, takes pills for panic attacks and is humiliated daily by his boss. His life is small, and that makes what follows hit harder.

Set in Wesley's office — The office tower where Wesley works under an overbearing boss. Google Maps · Apple Maps

An office tower in the Loop business district.

Filmed at Citadel Center, 131 S Dearborn St, Chicago (Loop, Chicago, USA) — A single film-location listing names this tower as the exterior of Wesley's office. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In the Loop, a few blocks south of the river.

The Wacker Drive chase (2008)

Cross pursues Wesley through the city and Fox helps him escape. Wesley, who has never done anything braver than file a report, is thrown into a world he cannot yet understand.

Set in Downtown Chicago streets — Cross hunts Wesley through Chicago traffic while Fox drives him out of reach. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Chicago's double-decker riverside boulevard, with a dim service road below.

Filmed at Wacker Drive and Lower Wacker Drive, Chicago (Lower Wacker Drive, Chicago, USA) — The chase scenes were shot on Wacker Drive along the Chicago River, between Columbus Drive and LaSalle Street. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Walk along the river between Columbus Drive and LaSalle Street; Lower Wacker is the street level underneath.

The Fraternity's textile mill (2008)

Wesley wakes in a factory among assassins, and Sloan tells him his panic attacks are a rare gift. He is offered a place in a secret society that has used a giant loom to name its targets for a thousand years.

Set in The Fraternity's textile mill — The hidden headquarters of the assassins' society, a repurposed textile mill that houses the Loom of Fate.

A real sugar factory in Prague dressed as a fictional mill.

Filmed at Former sugar factory, Prague (Vinoř, Prague, Czech Republic) — The production built a large textile factory set inside a former sugar factory in Prague. Which factory is only given by a Wikidata record. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Vinoř lies in the north-east of Prague, reachable by bus from the city centre.

Training on top of the L train (2008)

Under the Fraternity's cruel tutelage, Wesley learns to control his gift, and Fox pushes him along a speeding train roof. It is the first time he stops flinching.

Set in Running atop a Chicago L train — Fox and Wesley run along the roof of a moving Chicago L train as part of his training.

The scene used two full-size train cars built as a set, not a working line.

The train fight (2008)

Wesley meets Cross alone on a speeding train, and Fox sets it up to crash. The fight is the film's longest answer to the question of who Wesley really is.

Set in A moving train — Wesley faces Cross alone on a moving train, which Fox later causes to derail.

A Czech Pendolino train set was mounted on a hydraulic gimbal for the derailment.

The window over the L tracks (2008)

Wesley takes up position at a back window where the elevated tracks run past. It is a quiet room after the film's loudest scenes.

Set in Apartment window facing the L — An apartment window with the elevated tracks outside.

An ordinary Chicago apartment block next to the elevated line, listed at 3349 N Sheffield Avenue.

Filmed at Nákladové nádraží Žižkov (former freight station), Prague — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Pernštejn Castle, Moravia — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Křivoklát Castle, near Prague — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Wesley Gibson — An office worker with panic attacks who learns his father was an assassin.
• Fox — An assassin of the Fraternity who recruits and trains Wesley.
• Sloan — The leader of the Fraternity, who interprets the code of the Loom of Fate.