Political allegory for the rest of us

Rating: 7/10 (28 September 2010)

This blast of subversive pop cinema is a thrill ride from beginning to end, and will probably stand as the best film adaptation of all of Alan Moore's work. However, the production is both propelled and impaired by the Wachowski Brothers' influence - the stylized violence, which was very well choreographed and shot, is bound to be campy in a few years' time and the dramatic storyline is carried too much by actors with the same serious deadpan British dialogue (hearing just audio, I doubt I'd be able to identify the voices to the actors, which for some reason just bothers me.) Still, in the end, the movie gives us exactly what we want - controversy, an awesome antihero, and a huge, giant explosion.