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Rating: 10/10 (19 August 2015)

The Matrix trilogy may have backfired miserably. But at least the Wachowskis gave the opportunity to McTeigue to make a movie that is as uncompromising and provoking as the graphic novel it was based on. It actually makes one wonder how a movie like this ever got out of a major studio. Maybe there is still hope. In the mean time Natalie Portman finally shines as she hasn't in a long long time and Hugo Weaving is unrelenting as the enigmatic V. The biggest selling point is that this isn't a superhero. You never see him performing some impossible feat. Listening to V talking about what destroying buildings means will send a chill down your spine. Powerful ideas make for powerful films.