Not a mistake

Rating: 9/10 (15 April 2006)

When the people at the end of the film take their masks off as Parliament is being blown up we see one or two characters (the little that was shot for sure, and I think we see the woman that was a lesbian and who allegedly left the note in the jail cell) that have already been killed and therefore they should obviously not be portrayed as alive at that point in the story line. Numerous people have voiced displeasure with seeing them (ie. see the goofs section for this film) because of the logical absurdity.
It can be viewed as a mistake in terms of film realism I guess but it is not a mistake when you try to understand the film's message. The director is simply taking an artistic freedom unconstrained by logical realism and is paying homage to people who have died trying to fight the state by suggesting that even they (ie. those who died resisting state totalitarianism) should be recognized when the fight is victorious.
This film, as artwork, was highly derivative. The representation of the government, in my view, appeared to be strongly influenced by totalitarian critics, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell (Brave New World and nineteen-eighty four, respectively).