V for Vendetta, D for Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (28 August 2009)

Morally aggravating and cinematically direction-less and pretty dull, V for Vendetta strikes me as yet another over rated Hollywood picture which may seem to have something going for it but ultimately does not
Set in a totalitarian future in England, (a vision pioneered by legend author George Orwell), the story follows a strange masked individual who dresses like Guy Faukes and is planning a conspiracy to over throw the government. The only person with whom he shares his secrets is a pretty young lady who he rescues from thugs one night and he brings her to his lair. both their lives are suddenly taking a strange turn as mutual feelings for each other start to emerge.
Pop culture tends to like stories which attack power, authority or religion, but this one is a bit absurd. It praises one of England's biggest traitors. Guy Faukes was caught trying to blow up the parliament buildings in 1605. This is not however what bothers me most about the film. the real problem is the writing. With the exception of a few moderately neat scenes, most of the film boring, with not much plot progression, and the script includes a lot of silly and pretentious lines which sound clever but arn't. A good example comes after our hero survives a round of gunfire, he says to one of his attackers 'Behind this mask there is an idea, and an idea is bulletproof'.
Whatever else V for Vendetta has to offer isn't worth your time. Some bits of charm and wit shine through here and there, but all I really saw was a barren film.