People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

Rating: 9/10 (21 August 2006)

I have to say that watching this film on a long flight from London to Newark was kind of interesting. The Guy Fawkes masks were unpleasant to look at but it had another meaning. Imagine a world run by John Hurt's character, what brilliant casting that was to cast him. Remember he starred as Winston in the George Orwell novel based film, 1984, in 1984. Well anyway, he was perfect as the ruthless British dictator. I only caught the last hour of it but I can tell it was a great film filmed in London and Germany. His ruling party is basically a fascist culture much like the Nazis. They close the London Underground or at least they think. V is the mysterious guy in a mask who captures and releases Evie played by Natalie Portman. Ironic that they filmed this movie in Germany of all places but that's another story. Anyway, V is seen as a villain in the beginning until Stephen REa from the Crying Game begins to understand him as well as Evie does. It's a weird love story between Evie and V. I am giving it a 9 because I wanted to see V's face.