A very bold statement...

Rating: 9/10 (25 March 2006)

The Wachowskis have done it again with V for Vendetta! Brilliant...it's a movie with many layers. To the popcorn-munching-coke-drinking-pure-entertainment-seeking moviegoer it's a fast paced action flick. Look a little deeper and you see the intriguing plot, the evergreen idea of one man standing up to the system, LOVELY dialogues (Shakespeare is probably smiling from his grave!), great camera-work... But the true nature of this film lies one level deeper...it's more than a movie...it's a clarion call to all the peoples of the world: "See what your future might look like if you allow fear to drive your thought!" And there could not be a more relevant context for this message than today's strife-torn world. V represents the spirit of freedom that exists to varying extents within all of us. It is up to us to recognize the V in us. While he uses a mask to reveal his true nature, we use our own faces to hide ours! Our faces are but masks...about time we changed that! And Hugo Weaving's V really comes alive and stands larger than life! And to think Weaving accomplishes all that without ever using an actor's greatest tool, his face! Using only voice and dialogue delivery, he brings V to life. The texture he lends to his lines (all the quotes in particular) adds an operatic elegance to the film. Marvelous!