Published: September 15, 2006
Movie Review: V for Vendetta; A Vivacious Cinematic Vagary
By Michael D. Acosta
Movie Review
Title: V For Vendetta
Type: Adult
Genre: Action/ Drama
Release Date: 3/17/06, available on DVD 8/1/2006
Stars: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt
Director: James McTeigue
MPAA Rating: R
Reason for Rating: For strong violence and some language
Runtime: 2 hours 13 minutes
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It's November 5th, 1605 and we are beneath the British Parliament building within the tunnels awaiting the time to teach our government that a people should not fear its government, but that its government should fear its people. This "treasonous" act never reached fulfillment and Guy Fawkes was hanged with the Vicissitudenous Villains that followed him. Fast forward four hundred years to a futuristic totalitarian, and Venal England with a Vicious Nazi like Chancellor (John Hurt), who runs the UK like a Virulent police state. The people live in fear and silence reminiscent of the McCarthy era United States. Enter the Vociferous V (Hugo Weaving), a Fawkes mask wearing, Viperous sword slinging hero, bent on Vengeance. Evey (Natalie Portman) is an affable and unlikely accomplish to V's Vitreous mission; to finish Guy Fawkes message of a free people and blow up Parliament. Everyone learns more about themselves when they remember that they are free.
Remember remember the 5th of November and the treasonous gunpowder plot. This movie could have stopped after the first ten minutes, once V had completed his monologue using the twentieth consonant in succession, I was sold. Hugo Weaving is unreal in his delivery and does it all with only his voice. A venerable vaudvillian bent on vengeance, a vendetta and pondering the irony of asking a man wearing a mask, who he is. The writing is superb, the direction unique, but not so artsy it annoys. No, this film cleanses and pleases the palate at the same time. A rare time when characters are large and developed, the plot was twisted, yet simple, and although the ending was easy to guess, you begged it not to be so. A classic tale, one I will own in my personal library and then I sit back and ponder. A piece of classic celluloid born from a comic book, irony breathes deeply indeed. The Wachowski brothers (The Matrix) do themselves justice in a time where most films are, for the lack of a better word, bad, provide us with two hours of pure enjoyment without verbose condescension.
Hit or No Hit: Coach Mike gives this a round tripper (homer for the layman). This ball sails long and hard and gets out of the park with impressive velocity.
Michael D. Acosta "Coach Mike" is an active screenwriter and a self proclaimed baseball fanatic, as well as a freelance movie and book reviewer. Contact him by writing to NewsBlaze or go to his blog at http://coachmikesscreenplayandmoviereview.blogspot.com/
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