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V for Vendetta

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• Sci-fi
• Thriller

• 2005
• James McTeigue
• 127 mins
• 15

Summary

Futuristic action thriller set in a totalitarian Britain of the future, starring Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea and John Hurt. TV researcher Evey Hammond is walking home during a night curfew when she is set upon by brutal state enforcers. Before the incident escalates, she is rescued by a man wearing 17th-century costume and a Guy Fawkes mask. He is V, an enigmatic freedom fighter who's determined to overthrow the government and inspire the citizenry to revolution.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Alan Jones

This adaptation of the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd marks the full feature debut of James McTeigue, best known for his work as assistant director on the Matrix trilogy. His former collaborators, the Wachowskis, also assume writer/producer duties on this thriller set in a near-future totalitarian Britain, where an enigmatically masked vigilante called V (Hugo Weaving) ignites a revolution with the help of unlikely ally Evey (Natalie Portman). It's by turns an audaciously risk-taking and clunky curio, featuring banned Muslim texts, avian flu, Tube-bomb terrorism and pro-gay manifestos, and it has an oddly empty atmosphere reminiscent of TV's The Avengers. Forget Portman's wavering accent, the predictable Brits fleshing out the cast (John Hurt as a Big Brother-style leader, Stephen Fry as a gay TV presenter) and Weaving's unmoving Guy Fawkes mask - McTeigue's preachy, over-serious polemic still delivers a stunningly executed and movingly relevant ending.

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8.1/10

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Cast

rolenameEvey HammondNatalie PortmanVHugo WeavingChief Inspector FinchStephen ReaChancellor Adam SutlerJohn HurtDeitrichStephen FryCreedyTim Pigott-SmithDominicRupert GravesLewis ProtheroRoger AllamDascombBen MilesDelia SurridgeSinead CusackEtheridgeEddie MarsanHeyerGuy HenryYoung ValerieImogen PootsStorm SaxonChad StahelskiConvenience store VDavid Leitch

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rolenameDirectorJames McTeigue

Details

Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2006-03-17

Languages

English | Latin | French | Spanish

Guidance

Violence and swearing.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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