Simplified, Sanitized and cut to pieces.

Rating: 5/10 (3 May 2006)

"V For Vendetta" has been a constant friend of mine for about 20 years. This graphic novel is filled with powerful poetry, terrific scenes and sense of high drama. The character of V is so much more than a terrorist or an idealist, he is the personification of Drama itself! His vendetta is not solely against the Government but against humanity's ambivalence.
"V For Vendetta: the movie" is a very one dimensional telling of a story very similar in many respects to "V For Vendetta". Unfortunately they took an amazing story and made it into an anti-government propaganda film. Highlights include the killing of Dr. Delia and the ordeal of Evey Hammond, both taken right from the pages of the book. Other that that, most of the story is really quite "interpreted".
I seriously urge anyone who found this film at all interesting to get ahold of the book. It is my sincere hope that a good quality reprint of the original will appear as a result of this film's release and that more people will learn to love "V For Vendetta" as I have done and not worry too much about this simplified, sanitized propaganda film.
At least it wasn't as bad as "Judge Dread".