Makes you think and is VERY GOOD!!!

Rating: 9/10 (4 December 2006)

Every once in a while I live on the edge! I purchase a film on DVD without seeing it first or reading a review. My purchase of V for Vendetta is one such occasion. What a purchase it proved to be, not because it was thrill a minute stuff, not because it had a totally unexpected twist, but because it made me think. Unfortunately part of what this film portrayed is very true today that is to say we are manipulated by politicians and the media. The untrained eye may miss it but it is happening all the same. I shall get off my soapbox and back to the film. V for Vendetta represents the first time I had seen Natalie Portman outside of Star Wars and I was very impressed and Hugo Weaving has one of those voices I could listen to all day long and that makes what his character says all the more potent. The plot was totally believable and the action realistic. This is not a crash bang wallop film. It is action, a love story and a vision of the future that might actually come to pass. When I find myself sitting down with two hours to kill V for vendetta will certainly be one of the DVD's I reach for first! A very good film!