A poetic masterpiece, modern day Shakespeare

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 2006)

V's opening speech sets the tone for a masterpiece, a speech consisting of little besides words beginning with the letter v. The story itself is amazing, and as usual the music and filmography are perfect, as is to be expected of the Wachowski bros. Yet it lacks the repeated fight scenes of the Matrix trilogy, dropping those scenes to add more time for individual character development. The casting could not have been better, Natalie Portman lives up to my dreams with an outstanding performance that deserves nothing less than an Oscar. Britain, trapped in what is a modern day Germany is lucky to have such poetic hero and such a beautiful heroine. V for Vendetta is not your average action flick, it is the first must see movie of 06.