Excellent!

Rating: 10/10 (20 March 2006)

"V for Vendetta" is an utterly remarkable piece of film. It tells the story of a young woman, "Evey" (Portman), and her journey from being and imprisoned citizen of futuristic England to being a freedom fighter. Her parents were freedom fighters and were killed when she was very young. In a chance encounter one night with some "finger men" (England's brutal police force), she is rescued by the vigilant "V", only to watch him in his first terrorist attack on corrupt England. Video surveillance shows her at the scene of the crime, and shortly thereafter she is wanted for arrest. In his second act of terrorism, "V" shows up at Evey's job, where she subsequently saves him from a policeman, after which she is knocked unconscious. Then and there "V" makes the decision to take her with him, and so begins her life altering course. She becomes unafraid, unwaivering, and under the spell of the valiant "V". The story plays out, and I'll leave the rest for you to see at the movies. "V for Vendetta" is grasping from beginning to end. It is a rather long movie, but not once in the whole film is there a time when the movie-goer thinks, "I wish this would just end already." It literally keeps you locked from beginning to end. I would recommend it to anyone, and would consider going to see it for a second time myself.