V is for Vendetta HD DVD
V for Vendetta is basically a sci-fi action film with some explosions, gunfire, knife throwing and the bloke from the Matrix with the very recognisable voice in an annoying mask.
It’s also supposed to an allegory for our times, which it sort of would be, if it weren’t for the silliness of the above.
I guess it’s a nice idea (I haven’t read the graphic novel) and it looks nice, but I couldn’t help thinking it could have been a lot better.
The film stumbles in so many places, Portman is rubbish and Weaving’s V is far too melodramatic. His voice and mask never really cement - which means the film keeps on saying ‘I’m a rubbish film’. It is interesting to see popular culture responding to today’s political agendas, but in the end the competent but bland execution ensures V is less “A Clockwork Orange” and much more “Van Helsing.”
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