Swirling Daggers of Justice

Rating: 8/10 (21 March 2006)

A masked man is skulking in the shadows of London in a very bleak and bitter view of the future. Take Darkman, Beauty and the Beast's BEAST, Weapon X, Phantom of the opera, and Zorro, put them in a blender and set it on liquify....This is the man known as V. Madman or genius? Terrorist or Hero? These are the questions you have to watch to find out. This mystery man I found very fascinating. Who is this man behind the mask? England is up to no good. In the wake of a Chemical Plague and second Halocaust...The British have donned the cowls of BIG BROTHER and the Nazis. There is no HOPE for this totalitarian society. You do what they say, when they say or pay the price. If you're caught out after Cerfew, so help you....
When a young girl find herself cornered by some "FINGERMEN" and her options are rape or death, she finds her world is about to change forever. In the blink of an eye, a mysterious stranger saves her from the bullies and invites her to witness history in the making. Well now she is linked with V whether she wants to be or not, as his friend or as his prisoner. One thing's for sure, the cops want to put her away for good for a stack of charges, one being his accomplice. Now her only aid to avoid capture is the mysterious madman V.
The film has action scenes and lulls to catch your breath. In some places it was kinda dry English film-making and then catapults into some John Woo like fight scene. Many places pulled at your heartstrings too. You really care about these characters. And my personal favorite, I got chills from the whole "RALLY THE TROOPS" type of action.
It's a good moral story, Hard times lead to much pain, if it doesn't kill you it will make you stronger and stand up for what you believe in. It painted some very disturbing yet very realistic pictures of a bleak and hopeless future. It's definitely an eye opener. Very good movie.