Good movie with decent acting

Rating: 8/10 (29 May 2006)

At first I hesitated to go see this movie. I was wrong... V for Vendetta is a good political action movie that takes over 2 hours and doesn't get boring at all.
In the not too distant future the whole powersystem in the world has fallen apart, but in this movie they stick with the story of England. After the world terrorism as we know today had increased to abnormal proportions the government of England had decided to take more control over the people. England has become a totalitarian state in which the government rules the people's life (camera's everywhere, subway shut-down). One individual wearing a mask has a plan to fight the power. The story begins quite fast as the 'terrorist' saves a young female from a couple of corrupt police-agents and then takes her to a roof-top to let her see what his big plan is. After blowing up the courthouse he's tapped in to the government controlled television-network and appeals to all people in England to fight the power exactly one year after his television message, November the 5th.
Naturally the dictator of England is in panic and wants the terrorist brought to trial by any means. Slowly the people begin to question the government and more and more people become sympethatic to the terorist' cause although the government tries to put him in a bad daylight with TV-propaganda. So far for the storyline, you'll have to see the rest of it yourself.
I found this movie to be a very realistic scenario although the name of the movie sounds a little bit cartoony. It's about a modern fascist state and how it became that way. It has great similarities with the upcoming of Hitler in 1933. People live in fear and are willing to sacrifice freedom for safety. Governemnt propaganda is everywhere just like in 1940's Germany although the reason for becoming a fascist state has been put in a modern jacket. Even the clothing of state police looks simular to SS-uniforms and they also performed gruesome medical experiments on political deserters (wich play a keyroll in the story later on)just like the German doctor Joseph Mängele.
So to sum it all up: A very realistic and ingenious story with decent actors. The conversations can be a bit philosophical especially in the beginning but when the plot thickens the movie seems to last merely an hour, because it is so interesting to watch. Special effects are okay. The ending could've been better though. I got the feeling that the director ran out of time or something but the movie lasts a good 130 minutes.
One to watch definitely