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Anthony Kaufman at Alternet says, Above all, "Vendetta" should be enjoyed as the first true anarchist movie Hollywood has ever made.

While at the Times, Manohla D spits, The more valid question is how anyone who isn't 14 or under could possibly mistake a corporate bread-and-circus entertainment like this for something subversive. You want radical? Wait for the next Claire Denis film.

Hmmm.