The best new movie I've seen for ages

Rating: 10/10 (1 October 2006)

The girlfriend of a friend of mine was having one of these girls' nights out, and my friend and I decided to drink beer and watch movies that he could never watch with his girlfriend. Brainless action crap, that is. The cover of this one looked quite promising, but the film totally failed to fill my expectations, turning out to be one of the best movies of the decade.
The actors are all very convincing. Hugo Weaving manages to play the overly theatrical character of V without overacting beyond necessity. Natalie Portman does her best performance since Leon, showing a lot of depth in a character that does not have any dramatic emotional outbursts. Stephen Fry, who I still like to call Jeeves after the British comedy "Jeeves and Wooster" I used to watch as a kid, does a great job playing Gordon, a middle-aged TV comedian. Stephen Rea convinces as a police inspector trying to find the truth in the totalitarian society. Many other actors would deserve mentioning, too, but 1000 characters would not suffice.
The only thing that bugged me after the movie was the Rover. I mean, Rover bankrupted last year, and this movie takes place like 20 years or so in the future, so how on Earth is London police driving Rovers?
In general, a great film, and even if it's not a type of a movie you would normally see, watch it for the talent of the actors. They are worth it.