Terrorist plod; `Vendetta' long-winded but prophetic.(Arts and Lifestyle)(Movie Review)

From: The Boston Herald | Date: March 16, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: JAMES VERNIERE

"V FOR VENDETTA"

Rated R. At AMC Loews Boston Common, AMC Fenway and suburban theaters tonight at 10:01.

Grade: C plus

Prophetic and amazingly relevant, "V for Vendetta" is also V for verbose and voluminous. A dystopian vision about a plot to blow up Parliament in the near future, it was delayed for release after last summer's London terrorist attacks.

Based on a 1989 graphic novel from DC Comics by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, the film, which was directed by James McTeigue, who was first assistant director on "Matrix Reloaded" and ...

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