V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta- directed by James McTeigue
- "It's become a silly story with an unconvincing, unfocused anarchist pursued by investigators..."
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Review posted on 20 April 2006 by Alice Curteis, World-wise reviewer
V for Vendetta is the screen interpretation of Alan Moore's graphic novel, first published in serialised form in 1988, which portrays a totalitarian British government under threat from a modern-day, masked Guy Fawkes figure.
This could be a good way to follow up some of the themes encountered in George Orwell's 1984. Or maybe not. Moore dissociated himself from the project and his fans are advised by one reviewer that maybe they should 'start blowing up sets for the upcoming adaptation of his other masterwork, The Watchman.'
The possible reasons for his disgust are too many to list. They include a dull script, unexciting direction, a failure to update the political context in a meaningful way, and perhaps worst of all, the complete absence of the dark, tautly conveyed atmosphere of Moore's political satire.
It's become a silly story with an unconvincing, unfocused anarchist pursued by investigators, one of whom has a vision we get to see rather a lot of for no very good reason. The book will cost you a bit more than a trip to the cinema or the video shop but that's what this reviewer recommends.