Peps Place Movie Review: 'V for Vendetta'

Not since a punchup during the screening of "Kindergarten Cop" has the cinema experience equalled the action on screen.

Last Saturday, Sab and I ventured 2 hours to Festival Walk to catch up with Kate to see the new Wachowsk Brothers film. You know the Wachowsk's, those crazy brothers who stayed inside watching cartoons and grew up to make the groundbreaking "Matrix' films. Who says watching TV is bad for you huh?

So Sab and I made it to Festival Walk where the film was being played. After meeting up with Kate and a couple of her freinds from her workplace, the group of us settled into the theatre. In short 'V for Vendetta' is an enjoyable action-adventure movie starring Hugo Weaving as the mysterious 'V' and Natalie Portman who plays the damsal in distress 'Evey'. By the way her English accent is pretty darn good. The movie is set in the near future in England where a 'Big Brother' style of government has made jolly old England a pretty stale place to live.

Enter 'V' who is so bitter about the way England is that he decides to blow up Parliament House. Crazy idea? Not really as it was attempted by Guy Fawkes in 1605. What made 'V for Vendetta' enjoyable is the first hour whereby you are trying to figure out what this film is all about. Then the off screen drama started...

Around this time Kate decided that she had to go to the toilet. So she made her way to the end of the aisle and towards the front exits of the cinema which by design are usually used in emergencies. A few minutes later there was a knocking coming from the door somewhere. It was figured that the knocking was coming from the emergency exit and Kate couldn't get back into the cinema. The knocking continued which started to drown out the picture and was heard all around the cinema. Sab and I were embarrased so much we sunk in our seats and thanks to another member of the audience Kate was let back into the cinema.

Towards the end of the movie which was turning out to be a pretty run of the mill flick for me. There was a banging sound from the side of the cinema. The cleaner was starting his working during the end of the film and the bloody nerve too. Sab got a bit concerned. I knew she felt that way after she said "Is there a bomb in there?" There being a big green garbage bin at the front left of the cinema. To top it off as soon as the movie finished and the credits rolled, the cinema lights went up and the cleaner was barking at the crowd to get out!

After another 2 hours to get back home Sab and I were stuffed and in shock. For one the action off screen action matched the on screen action. The movie was pretty good even though we missed the major plot point as Kate was banging on the emergency doors at the time. So all in Hugo Weaving played a great leading character and the movie had an edge to it little seen in cinema these days. even though it was fictional it could easily be mistaken for the real world.

So 'V for Vendetta' gets 3 out of 5.

AMC cinemas gets 0 out of 5 for a poor cinema experience.