FILM - "V for Vendetta"

V for Vendetta oozes preposterousness, more so than the original comic, but that doesn't make it any less entertaining. V is so entertaining, in fact, that one quickly forgets he's a terrorist . . . or perhaps the film reminds us that terrorism is not quite as black and white as we believe. Then again, there's never been such a charming terrorist: this Don Juan with a vengeance, this symbolic Guy Fawkes revolutionary (he's got the mask to prove it!), this alliterative-speaking, Shakespeare-quoting, domino-playing, and classical-music loving character is an adorable anti-hero. And as Hugo Weaving plays him, with a sly and graceful wit, he's all the more charming: a prince among terrorists, the gentleman bomber.

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