V's flashy entertainment is simplistic and unrewarding

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2010)

I have just realised that by watching V for Vendetta this evening I have missed Cronenberg's Eastern Promises on another channel. In light of V being awful that is genuinely annoying.
There are several reviews here that deal with the poverty of the film's simplistic political message, its clumsy script and its nonsensical plot. (Evey imprisoned by V? Come off it. Dietrich's ludicrous decision to lampoon the High Chancellor? Totally unbelievable.)
I didn't care for the characters, I didn't care for the politics and I didn't care for the production.
Where does it get the 2 points I've given it from? There are worse films that deserve lesser rewards. Oh, and I liked the explosions.