Power to the People

V For Vendetta on the IMAX is a ludicrously intense experience, an adolescent comic book revenge fantasy that doubles as a critique of fascism and a call to arms to accept responsibility for what YOUR government does in YOUR name. The goods news- it works in spite of itself: the who’s who list of BBC and PBS thespians gives it weight and reality (in spite of the adolescent comic book revenge fantasy trappings), Natalie Portman’s accent is up to par and her performance especially during her “incarceration” is shattering, it holds together visually and thematically throughout, and if you’re not careful you just might learn something. A bold and surprisingly* provocative work of popular art.