Movie Information/Comparison The Comparison of the Usual Suspects, V for Vendetta, Boondock Saints, and Gladiator The Usual Suspects The Usual Suspects is a crime based movie directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie. This movie is about an old crime team getting back together for one last job but then find themselves tied in with a man who no one should ever meet and things go horridly wrong. This movie has some of the best cast as there mean actors. They have, Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, and Pete Postlethwaite. The movie although is slow at the beginning but picks up greatly and adds a few twists that add up to a great conclusion. This movie in my option is the one of the greatest crime movies ever. This movie, though one that I whahed not that long ago, is deffenly is in my top 10 list. V for Vendetta V for Vendetta is an astounding movie filled with plot that would make Inception look like a film made by a second grade, granted Inception was a great movie, but it is no V for Vendetta. The movie is gripping, intense and bloody genies for not one moment in the entire film is the plot dull or boring. The scenes that involve action although may be short but are well thought out and put together and shown marvellously. Although the fight scenes are few and short, what they lose in action they make up for in the most amazing dialogue I have ever heard. The dialogue is riveting, powerful and deep. Here are some of the speech`s our mean actor makes. V for Vendetta V: Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villian by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. (he carves a "V" into a sign) The only verdict is vengence; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. (giggles) Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V. Evey: Are you like a crazy person? V: I'm quite sure they will say so. (broadcasting from a captured TV station.) V: Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of the everyday routine, the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration - whereby those important events of the past, usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, are celebrated with a nice holiday - I thought we could mark this November the fifth, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are, of course, those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now orders are being shouted into telephones and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice...intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance, coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those who are more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable. But again, truth be told...if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War. Terror. Disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you and in your panic, you turned to the now High Chancellor Adam Sutler. He promised you order. He promised you peace. And all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night, I sought to end that silence. Last night, I destroyed the Old Bailey to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago, a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice and freedom are more than words - they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest that you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek...then I ask you to stand beside me, one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament. And together, we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever, be forgot! (disguised as William Rookwood, meeting with Inspector Finch (Stephen Rea).) V: Our story begins, as these stories often do, with a young up-and-coming politician. He's a deeply religious man and a member of the conservative party. He's completely single- minded and has no regard for the political process. The more power he attains, the more obvious his zealotry and the more aggressive his supporters become. Eventually, his party launches a special project in the name of national security. At first, it's believed to be a search for biological weapons and is pursued without regard to its cost. However, the true goal of this project is power. Complete and total hegemonic domination. The project, however, ends violently. But the efforts of those involved are not in vain, for a new ability to wage war is born from the blood of the victims. Imagine a virus, the most terrifying virus you can, and then imagine that you and you alone have the cure. But if your ultimate goal is power, how best to use such a weapon? It is at this point in our story that along comes a spider: He is a man seemingly without a conscience for whom the ends always justify the means, and it is he who suggests that their target should not be an enemy of the country, but rather the country itself. Three targets are chosen to maximize the effect of the attack: a school, a tube station, and a water treatment plant. Several hundred die within the first few weeks. Fueled by the media, fear and panic spread quickly, fracturing and dividing the country until at last the true goal comes into view. Before the Saint Mary's crisis, no one would have predicted the results of the election that year, no one. And then not long after the election, lo and behold, a miracle! Some believed it was the work of God Himself, but it was a pharmaceutical company controlled by certain party members that made them all obscenely rich. A year later, several extremists are tried, found guilty and executed while a memorial is built to canonize their victims. But the end result, the true genius of the plan, was the fear. Fear became the ultimate tool of this government, and through it our politician was ultimately appointed to the newly created position of High Chancellor. The rest, as they say, is history. Finch: Can you prove any of this? V: Why do you think I'm still alive? This is but some of the dialogue written by Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski, acted by Hugo Weaving, who plays v, here are the other mean actors in this movie Natalie Portman, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott, and Rupert Graves. Who acted out characters created by Alan Moore & David Lloyd. Boondock Saints Boondock Saints is about two brothers how live out their lives in the Irish area, known for its crime. The two brothers set out to clean the streets and gutters, and whip them clean of crime, starting at the top. These saints also fight with the help of god on their side. Throughout the entire movie these brothers are led by the words of their family words that guide them. `And Shepherds we shall be. For thee, my Lord, for thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand. Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee. And teeming with souls shall it ever be. In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti. The last few word are translated from Latin meaning `In name of the father, of the son, and the Holy Spirit. And though those words they carry out their command. The movie is filled with great action, the plot is also worth its weight. The only other dialogue that is worth notice is derived from, another mean actor, Willem Deofe, who plays Paul Smecker the FBI agent. There are many other actors in this film like Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, how play as the two saints. There is also another actor, David Della Rocco, who plays the character Rocco. Rocco joins the saints on their way but is not as steadfast as the others. This movie is granted to be a good movie. Gladiator Gladiator is one of my all-time favorite movies. With actors Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius: a morally upstanding Hispano-Roman general in Germania, turned slave who seeks revenge against Commodus. He had been under the favor of Marcus Aurelius, and the love and admiration of Lucilla prior to the events of the film. His home is near Trujillo in today's Province of Cáceres, Spain. After the murder of his family he vows vengeance. Maximus is a fictional character partly inspired by Marcus Nonius Macrinus, Narcissus, Spartacus, Cincinnatus, and Maximus of Hispania. Mel Gibson was first offered the role, but declined as he felt he was too old to play the character. Antonio Banderas was also considered. Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus: the main antagonist of the film. An emotionally wounded young man who is jealous of and despises Maximus because his father Marcus Aurelius favours the General over him. He becomes the emperor of Rome upon his father's death. Connie Nielsen as Lucilla: Maximus's former lover and the older child of Marcus Aurelius, Lucilla has been recently widowed. She tries to resist the incestuous lust of her brother while protecting her son, Lucius. Djimon Hounsou as Juba: a Numidian tribesman who was taken from his home and family by slave traders. He becomes Maximus's closest ally during their shared hardships. Oliver Reed as Antonius Proximo: an old and gruff gladiator trainer who buys Maximus in North Africa. A former gladiator himself, he was freed by Marcus Aurelius, and gives Maximus his own armor and eventually a chance at freedom. This was Reed's final film; he died during production. Derek Jacobi as Senator Gracchus: one of the senators who opposes Commodus's leadership. Ralf Möeller as Hagen: a Germanic Warrior and Proximo's chief gladiator who later befriends Maximus and Juba during their battles in Rome. Spencer Treat Clark as Lucius Verus: the young son of Lucilla. He is named after his father Lucius Verus. Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius: an emperor of Rome who appoints Maximus, whom he dotes on as a son, which later leads to his undoing, to return Rome to a republican form of government but is murdered by his son Commodus before his wish is fulfilled. Tommy Flanagan as Cicero: a Roman soldier and a friend of Maximus who provides him with information while Maximus is enslaved. (info from Wiki). With actors like that how can you go wrong? This entire movie is filled with gripping action, thrilling fight scenes amazing sets, great plot, and shot in such a stunning manner. This movie us number one on my list. It is all pure genus.