V For Vendetta (2006)

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Written by Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

Directed by James McTeigue

Running Time: 130 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2006

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: UK/USA/Germany

Filmed in Colour

James McTeigue's futuristic action thriller, based on Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel, works well, although at times it can be a bit clumsy and over-preachy. Nevertheless this 2005 release, starring Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman and John Hurt, shows great promise.

It's set in an Orwellian future where England has purged itself of all "undesirables": homosexuals, terrorists, dissenters and Muslims. The country is repressed, controlled, clamped shut by Chancellor Sutler (Hurt). One man not only thinks differently, he dares to act too. The freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) announces himself by blowing up the Old Bailey. "Gentlemen, I want this terrorist found and I want him to understand what terror really means," rages Sutler.

While the security forces ransack the country in search of V, Evey Hammond (Portman) wonders about the masked man with a fistful of blades who saved her from rape by three "fingermen' (curfew enforcers). Hammond lost her mother and father to the government. As the violence, hatred and suspicion intensifies, Evey questions which side she is really on.

With an uncompromising performance by the impressive Portman, powerful support from Hurt, Weaving, Stephen Fry, Stephen Rea, and some terrific cinematography, it's definitley worth catching.

Cast

Image for Natalie PortmanNatalie PortmanEvey Hammond
Image for Hugo WeavingHugo WeavingV
Image for Stephen ReaStephen ReaInspector Eric Finch
Image for Stephen FryStephen FryGordon Deitrich
Image for John HurtJohn HurtChancellor Adam Sutler
Image for Tim Pigott-SmithTim Pigott-SmithCreedy
Rupert GravesDominic
Roger AllamLewis Prothero
Image for Ben MilesBen MilesDascomb
Sinéad CusackDelia Surridge
Natasha WightmanValerie
John StandingBishop Lilliman
Image for Eddie MarsanEddie MarsanEtheridge
Clive AshbornGuy Fawkes
Emma Field-RaynerGuy Fawkes Lover

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