But, really, what can a poor boy do?

Note to anyone who read my last post: If that didn’t prepare you for John McTeigue’s film “V for Vendetta” (screenplay by “The Matrix” gurus Andy and Larry Wachowksi ), nothing will.

By the way, I saw the film at noon Friday at the Riverfront Park IMAX Theater . While it was a bit hard to follow all the action (it’s a little like sitting six feet from your 60-inch television screen), no theater in town has a better sound system.

And any film that ends with the Rolling Stones playing “Street Fighting Man” is worth listening to, as well as watch.

Below: V (Hugo Weaving) faces the forces of the state in a final showdown in John McTeigue’s powerful “V for Vendetta.”

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