Good in places but lacks the momentum to keep going

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2008)

Review:
V for Vendetta takes place in the not-too-distant future, Britain has become a fascist, totalitarian state, its population cowed and apathetic. But the nation receives a wake-up call when mysterious masked terrorist "V" (Weaving) blows up the Old Bailey and calls for the citizens to rise up against their oppressors.
The most likely aspect of the film is "V", a character hellbent on bringing Britain to it's knee's and then to create a new peace that hadn't been seen since Britain has currently become a totalitarian state.
Weaving brings leaps and bounds of life to the lead character, who in awe is the show stealer of the film.
Despite the characterisation of "V", the rest is clearly average. The main hold-back is the pace of the momentum that the film considerably lacks in. The first half an hour starts out as a 5 star action thriller but slowly degrades into a murky mess of keeping what we saw in the first half an hour down to an average three star action thriller.
Verdict: For what was a 5 star classic in the first thirty minutes soon rapidly switches to a three star action thriller due to keeping the pacing and momentum up.