A Must See Film About Politics And Vengeance

Rating: 9/10 (20 March 2006)

V For Vendetta is not your typical action flick. In fact, it is barely an action flick at all. This movie is really a political thriller that contains action, romance, mystery, and even a little horror. V (played brilliantly by Hugo Weaving) is a very complex character who is more than just a man seeking revenge. He has motives, but are they entirely just? This a question that Evey (played with such emotional force by Natalie Portman) must ask herself when she is caught up in the web of political intrigue that V has started. The police think that Evey must work with V after cameras catch the two together (he was really just saving her from Fingermen, enforcing their own brand of law), and so a detective (Stephen Rea, doing a sensational job) tries to track them both down after V promises to blow up Parliment in exactly one year on Guy Fawkes Day. I don't want to ruin any of the secrets or surprises that await, so I will just say that you should give this film a chance if you were previously on the fence about it. It is well worth it, and I guarantee that it will make you think as well as have you discussing it's many ideas well after you've already left the theater.