Extremely interesting, but with a serious flaw

Rating: 7/10 (2 October 2006)

V for Vendetta is an enticing piece of work. It has inconspicuously clear parallels to Europe in the 1920s through 1940s, but also very interesting parallels to our own time. However, there is a major problem - and that is the falsification of historical realities - as is seen in the portrayal of Lewis Prothero, posing as a conservative Christian - while being somewhat of a Nazi stooge, in reality. The ideology of naziism having anything to do with the Christian Right is a gross distortion of historical realities, as naziism/fascism actually worshiped the ancient Germanic deity Odin - and praised the ancient Roman system as perfect. The Greek pantheon also had a central part of the role within the system. Furthermore, naziism as such was a leftist-center movement, not a rightist movement. As such V for Vendetta falls short of being anything more than simple propaganda.