Good story that should be heard, particularly near election day!

Rating: 8/10 (26 April 2006)

A wonderful warning against what a consolidation of power in government can become. One that many should heed today! At its root is your basic savior government that turns fascist, presuming it wasn't so already. And of course you have one angry man ready to take vengeance against said government (the specific people involved, nobody else) for old wrongs.
Both stories come out throughout the telling, however, there are rather slow and wordy parts to this. Points of the story need to be elaborated verbally as I don't exactly see how they could be conveyed any other way. And the character of V is eloquent, which means he's gonna talk a LOT in a few scenes and use rather baroque descriptions.
There is a 'goof' listed that isn't a goof. Yes, you see Dietrich's face in the final unmasking scene. You also see the face of a LOT (if not all, I didn't get to catch all of them) of other characters who were killed during the movie. I'm sure it's symbolic. I recognized the little girl with the glasses, the fingerman who shot her, one of two guys rousted out of their shared bed...you get the idea.
Well worth seeing.