Whatever.

Rating: 2/10 (22 September 2006)

Did you see that movie, Mystery Men, about misfit superheroes a few years ago? It had one guy whose superpower was to get really really mad, and another who would fling forks. This "V" character is kind of like a cross between them  he's inconsolably angry, and he throws cutlery at people. Knives in this case.
This movie doesn't have so much in the way of superhero action, opting instead for pretentious dialog and devices like flashbacks and silly shots of dominos falling in slo-mo. So maybe it's a thinking movie? No  afraid not. The politics are callow, the villains are comically one-dimensional, and the hero has all the charisma of a Columbine punk. Unless you enjoy shallow, transparent attempts to elicit righteous anger on your part, you will find it boring and roll your eyes a lot. I know I did.
I really wanted to like this movie  The Matrix is one of my all-time favorites. But where The Matrix is full of things that make you go "Whoa!," this movie is full of things that make you go "Whatever."