Prognosticates the future of freedom...

Rating: 10/10 (10 April 2006)

I went into the theatre to watch this movie expecting an action flick of the likes of the matrix. However, V for Vendetta more than surprised me with its direct comment on the politics of dictatorship, censorship and intellectual slavery.
The movie is a comment on the growing shackles that governments the world over are imposing on their citizens. I personally believe that we are less free than we were about 10-15 years ago. The events that have shaped the past decade have allowed governments to justify intense curbs on freedom the world over in reality.
Although the movie might not appeal to your average person who doesn't pay much attention to what is going on in the world, it does present a dramatic (though a little overstated) history of the near future in which the government takes over private liberty in the name of security. It also makes a subtle comment on how propaganda is used as a weapon, though the movie doesn't fully recognize its potential.
Vendetta goes on to show that the power of a thought, sparked off by a single person is enough to return freedom to a nation.
Overall, I think the movie presents a message to the people who see it, a message that we are being fettered each day with greater curbs. A message that we need to awake to the way the world is being shaped at this very moment and respond before it is too late.
Quite inspiring.....