A remarkably faithful adaptation (down to the chosen imagery)

Rating: 10/10 (26 March 2006)

Having read both the Graphic Novel and seen the movie, I would classify this as a remarkable distilling of Alan Moore's V FOR VENDETTA. The key scenes are there. The key characters are there. The key plot points are there. The key imagery is even more gripping, vivid, and eloquent than much of the original graphic novel. The dates have been changed. Some back-story has been modified. But the vision of one very disturbed man's revolution against tyranny itself is very much alive. The movie has as much or more of the dark sense of humour and poetic justice of the original GN, and the romantic elements are handled better. Though not perfect, the buzz about the movie is well-deserved; like it or lump it, V FOR VENDETTA will make you think.