Another fine mess from the Wachowskis

Rating: 5/10 (23 January 2007)

All throughout this film felt like it was made cheaply and without much care. Despite that, it starts off fairly well, and has some good ideas. However, it is rather pretentious and the script strains under the effort of making everything fit into one central idea, which is flogged to its figurative death. It seems the Wachowski brothers are desperately trying to make a film with 'meaning', but are unable to do so.
In terms of the cast, Hugo Weaving is the highlight, as the titular V. Natalie Portman does a fine job of looking pretty, but her attempt at a British accent is very poor indeed.
The script is passable, but the direction doesn't even manage to do it justice. If the script was better, I could forgive the lazy direction; if the direction were more accomplished, I could forgive the pretentiousness of the dialogue and the cereal box philosophy.
An opportunity missed.