A remarkably dense and multilayerd political drama

Rating: 9/10 (21 August 2007)

Its been awhile since I've given a film such a high rating.
Visually, V for Vendetta ranks among the best of them. Each scene is meticulously crafted with an obsessive eye for the details. Every word in the dialog, every light, shadow, color, and sound seems so carefully placed. Watching V for Vendetta is like entering the world of the graphic novel it is based on.
The obsessiveness leads to a little dryness in some of the acting, and a mild miscalculation makes a rainy porch scene a little too dramatic. But aside from these extremely minor and mostly insignificant nitpicks, V for Vendetta is absolutely brilliant. I highly recommend you buy this film if you enjoy thought provoking ideas, tense drama, and high octane action set pieces.