A Glimpse Into The Future, Maybe.

Rating: 9/10 (28 November 2014)

I just watched this movie the other night, and it was amazing. The beginning starts off with the words, Remember, Remember The 5th of November. This is the time period around the mid 1600's that Guy Fawkes plan to blow up Parliament failed. He was captured along with his cohorts. He was taken to the gallows and hung for his crime. Once we see Fawkes hung we are take some four hundred years into a Fascist England. I would say the year in the film is around 2020. We meet Evey a young lady watching a Totalitarian T.V. show, the host Deitrich. He is explaining why England is in the state it's in due to all the war's the, homosexuality, the disease, ETC.. Evey is in her Uncle's apartment, she turns and looks at the clock and notices she is past curfew. While walking home she gets caught by the secret police. They rough her up and try to rape her. V who is an anti- hero in the movie comes to her rescue. He is wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, he saves Evey by killing the men with the knives he carries. He ask if she is hurt, and from then on it seems the two form somewhat of a bond. It is like Evey is his protégé. She is loyal; but she keeps her guard up around him, like his he a friend or foe. She is or to me like his prisoner at first; but more of an ally as the movie proceeds, especially near the end of the movie. Since this is in the future 2020/2030, we realize in the beginning the United States does not exist anymore. There are wars, plagues,; and fascist rule is the norm in Britain. Evey and V get to know each other better and she finds out by accident he was horribly burned. V explains his past to her, about Larkhill prison. A place where criminals and undesirables where housed. They suffered inhumane treatment, pawns in awful experiments, then dumped in mass graves. He was lucky to escape due to a fire and vowed to get his revenge on those who worked there. One night Evey is watching the news and hears about the murder of Deitrich. Then asks V if he was responsible, he says yes. The vengeance begins, and V strikes back leaving a rose at each murder scene. Even after this happens Evey proves her loyalty to him. She gets kidnapped and held as a prisoner. Little does she know that V is responsible for the kidnapping. While being held prisoner she finds a note written by a young woman who was a prisoner at Larkhill. Evey reads it explains about her lesbian relationships and how family and society treated her. A relationship that grew despite the backlash from parents and society. The secret police found out and got her partner first, then came for her. Evey's loyalty continued for V, even while being locked up. When she was able to escape she finds out V in living in the basement/lockup of Larkhill. She is upset at first thinking the whole thing was a hoax. The note was true the girl was the prisoner next to him. She learns a lot from his past by this time, and is more than an ally. In the end, they track down V, even though V dies his plan to blow up Parliament gets carried out by Evey. This is a great anti-hero movie. The cast was great and because of the plot I am glad there wasn't any backlash towards the movie. I am surprise no one in England complained about it, the Government. Even though I didn't care for The Matrix, I loved this gem of a movie. This film has it all, comedy, tragedy, suspense, and action. This is a great movie that balances out the yin and yang, you will not be disappointed. THX, Kris L. CocKayne