Disturbing and complex story...

Rating: 4/10 (30 September 2009)

1st watched 9/27/2009 – 4 out of 10 (Dir-James McTeigue): Disturbing and complex story about a terrorist/freedom fighter named V who plots to take down a falsifying government of the near future in jolly old England in a setting where the U.S. has tumbled under itself. England is ruled by a dictator similar to "1984"'s Big Brother(who is played in a weird twist by John Hurt who was the victim in the latest movie version of the book). The character V was one of the subjects of the government's experiments with chemical weapons and was disfigured in a fire when they decided to shut it down but he survived and now wears a mask to cover the burns. He now has vengeance and justice in mind for those who caused the fire and for the government. Natalie Portman's character comes on the scene when she is used by him to get into the nationally controlled television station and make his own announcement. The announcement concerns him celebrating a late freedom's fighters attempt at blowing up parliamant and getting hanged for it on the anniversary of the event. It's amazing how complex this movie is considering it's based on a graphic novel where only the illustrator get's credit.(I'm sure the Wachowski bro's who wrote the screenplay added some things) Overall, the feeling of the movie is that we're supposed to think that violence is the only way to bring down this type of nation. This is truly a disturbing thought, although it might be true. It is an interesting story that brings much thought as to what matters most to your mind when it ends, but it's not that great of a movie. The Wachowski brothers still don't do much for me( I'm maybe one of the few that didn't like their Matrix movies), sorry -- but I have to say things the way I see them.