V For Vendetta Movie Review

Rating: 9/10 (12 April 2019)

V For Vendetta Movie Review
The movie V for Vendetta is based off the book V for Vendetta by Alan Moore. The movie takes place in London. Following a world war, London is consumed by a corrupt government. The main government threat is the terrorist that goes by code name V. V's actual name is Hugo Weaving. Hugo had a troubled past with London which is what made him want revenge and become a terrorist. After an altercation with a young woman named Evey he tells her about his plan to blow up parliament November 5th. After Evey and V start to become better friends he brain washes her ,but only to make her a better person and to make her feel "free." Ivy starts to feel more comfortable about V's plans against the government; she wants to help out with it. Towards the end of the movie V goes through with his plans and the movies ends with a sad but inspiring close. When comparing the movie to the books they did a overall good job with characterization. The movie does a good job portraying V as a mysterious but witty character and Evy as a innocent girl. In the movie they did leave out a lot parts at some points it felt rushed but which is understandable because it was a movie. One part that was disappointing that they left out was the tricks V played with the computer. I thought that was a very interesting and important part of the book and I was surprised they left it out. The added scenes I thought blended well with the rest of the movie and I was not disappointed. Overall I believe this was a very entertaining and often true to the book movie.