I watched "V is for Vendetta" even though I did not really want to. My wife wanted to see it, although I don't know why. I didn't know much about the movie other than the title and the movie poster. And I was slightly afraid of both.

It turned out to be a wonderful movie. The best I have seen this year. Stop reading this, log off the Internet, and go see this right now.

The lead protagonist, V, is played by Hugo Weaving. The only thing I know about Hugo is that he played Agent Smith in the Matrix movies. He rocked in those films. First there were the 50 copies of himself that fought Neo in the schoolyard. He came in from every direction, and Neo fought all 50 of them. Then there were the 5,000 copies of Agent Smith watching as he fought Neo in the rain. He must have spent weeks doing head shots, different reactions, looking different ways. Hugo Weaving rocked the Matrix movies, and he rocks this one.

Natalie Portman ain't too bad. She has to stretch her acting muscles a little more in this one than in the Star Wars movies. I didn't like her acting in the Star Wars movies, so it's good to see her show something different.

Anyways, there are fast parts, with blood and killing. There is some of the trademark Matrix time-slows-down-while-the-knife-flies-through-the-air stuff, but not too much. And there is a true "detective" type story built in here as we try to figure out the story before it reveals itself.

All in all, a good movie. Hollywood should make more like this.