"V for Vendetta" *** (out of four): Refreshingly faithfully but maddeningly uneven adaptation of the classic Alan Moore graphic novel about a masked man reigning terror on a totalitarian London.
The writer Alan Moore was apparently so disillusioned with Hollywood that the film adaptation of his groundbreaking, joyfully bleak graphic novel “V for Vendetta” is credited only as being “based on the graphic novel illustrated by David Lloyd” (Mr. Moore’s longtime partner). After watching his equally brilliant “The League of Extraordinary Gentleman” butchered to within an inch of its life in an anemic 2003 film, it’s no wonder Mr. Moore would be a bit wary. But he needn’t have removed his name from director James McTeigue’s refreshingly faithful but maddeningly uneven adaptation. While it contains none of the brilliance or immediacy of the source material, for any fan of Mr. Moore’s original, there are moments of pure bliss.
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If Alan Moore wants it done right, he should do what Frank Miller did and direct(or co-direct) the film himself. That's the only way he'll ever be happy. And while we're on the topic of Alan Moore , where the hell is Watchmen?