Historically inaccurate

Rating: 8/10 (23 March 2006)

I really enjoyed the film and thought it was a very original script. However after living in Scotland for 15 years where the fifth of November is a national holiday, i know that the Wachowski brothers needed to do a little more research into the story of Guy Fawkes. At the beginning of the film he is hung for treason; in reality Guy Fawkes was burned at the stake. In fact in Britain Guy Fawkes dummies are burned on bonfires as a reenactment of this event. Just pointing out a small error. Apart from that i thought the ideas behind the film were excellent and the fight scenes spectacular. Possibly V seemed a little too indestructible, but still i'm not complaining too much about the film as a whole.