An excellent film AND a word of warning for our times.

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 2006)

For fans of the original V For Vendetta graphic novel, I can't imagine this film failing to please. I loaned my copy of the book to a friend and haven't seen it for some time, but as I watched the movie I seem to remember the film remaining extremely faithful to the book, with minor additions/subtractions during the transition from four color media to DVD. Everything happened as I remembered it in the comic.
Natalie Portman, whom I usually cannot stand, was even acceptable in this film, her English accent not as horrible as I imagined it would be (though true Londoners may have something more to say on that aspect, either way, a simple bad accent would never ruin a film for me. I'm just not that picky.).
Hugo Weaving is, as always, fantastic, whether as the Elf Elrond, Agent Smith of The Matrix, or here as the masked freedom fighter/terrorist known only as code name "V".
Originally written as an indictment of London in the Thatcher era, the production team has successfully updated the theme to reflect today's "If you're not with us, you're against us" mentality reflected by so many western nations, and in a time where more and more fringe groups are singled out as the cause of society's continued unravelling while governments decrease personal freedoms in order to preserve freedom (though nowhere nearly as horribly as portrayed in this film) and even speaking out against a government leader's policies can get you the evil eye, this serves as a cautionary tale that is both enlightening and entertaining.
Personally, I loved it.
McQ