Embrace the essence

Rating: 7/10 (31 July 2006)

Moving philosophical action movie does not disappoint, although is clearly in need of a trim. While the primary theme of rebellion can at it's best be cathartic, and the relationship between it's two principle characters fascinating and inspiring, as usual the Wachowski's overpower their themes with unnecessary exposition, subplots that deter rather then add, and dialog delivered that still feels like it comes from the page in it's profound, but showman-like and detached nature. What saves Vendetta from all these pratfalls however is the heavy handed yet accessibly executed instigation behind the essence of what one yearns for when they yearn to be free. In that, Alan Moore, Wachowski's, and Hugo Weaving have etched into his character V the most compelling, larger then life character since Tyler Durden. To all those who would rather embrace an ideal rather then mull over minor distractions, enjoy this film's core. And by enjoy I mean be affected by it in a way that produces any tiny amount of physical change in our world.