Love it or Hate it, maybe

Rating: 7/10 (31 March 2009)

For those expecting the normal comic book 'super-hero vs. super-villain' heroics and stunts, this movie is going to be quite a surprise.
Most of the movie is very character oriented. Possibly more of the movie involves flashbacks into the characters' history than it show 'current time' action. Pretty much all of these flashbacks are tied to character exposition rather than striking events.
The movie is very dark, and in the end, there are only a couple of characters that you have some feel you can safely like ... maybe.
This is most especially NOT a movie for the kiddies to watch. Not close, no how, don't do it. It has very mature themes involving vigilantism, rape, murder, mass murder, graphic violence, nudity (male and female), strong language ... you get the drift.
If I'd been sold on going to see a normal super-hero film, I'd have come out of the theater very disappointed. I knew going in that this was't the normal fare of the genre though, and I enjoyed the differences in what I saw. As long as you can keep that kind of open mind, you might, and I stress 'might', enjoy this film.