Apr 04, 2006 07:31 AM
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(Updated Apr 04, 2006 07:39 AM)
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Introduction →
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Cast :
Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea and Stephen Fry.
Director :
James Mcteigue.
Thumb suckers of the world unite, the most hotly anticipated film of the era, week, V for Vendetta, has arrived, complete with manufacture buzz and some apparently genuine British outrage. Concocted by the same team behind the Matrix franchise. The future shock story about a masked avenger, at war with a totalitarian British regime was drawn along the usual Orwellian lines but is clearly meant to have more than a passing resemblance to our current political environment. Is the man in the mask who wants to make the parliament go boom Osama Bin laden or Patrick Henry or just a phantom clone who likes to kick back to the cult sounds of Antony’s and Johnson’s. Your guess is as good as mine as I’ve seen this film.
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The Plot →
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One night after curfew a woman, Evey [ Natalie Portman looking and sounding all of 12 ] is saved from an assault from a man in a guy fawkes mask who introduces himself as V [ Hugo ]. V slices and dices Evey’s troubles away topping off his handiwork first by reciting some vacuous verse and then by blowing up the old barley. She’s perplexed, but like any impression able youngster with daddy issues and no money for therapy, she’s also interested. One thing leads to another end and V for voita, a minor league of extraordinary soul mates is born.
Despite his kinly get up, V has other things on his mind than ravaging his house guest. Like watching the 1934 chestnut. The count of monte cricto with Evey while curled up on the couch. Moore’s story owes much to the Dumas novel about a wrongly imprisoned commoner turned wealthy avenger, but it differs significantly in how it puts vengeance. And man over forgiveness and god, and more or less Jettisons the love angle. Unlike the count, V remains l one avenging angel to the big bang end, which does help give this sluggish affair a much-needed resuscitating jolt. The screenplay, by contrast, essentially carves the plot into two parallel narrative strands ---- V and Evey occupy one, the fascists and their henchmen the other ---- that eventually twist together as predictable as in any blockbuster blowout.
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Summary →
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This film is a good action thriller and has great musical effects and is worth watching.
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© Shabaz aka Sher aka EntertainingSher 4 April 2006.
