V for Vendetta

Rating: 9/10 (22 June 2014)

The movie "V for Vendetta," was released in 2005. The movie was written by Andy and Lana Wachowski, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd and is directed by James McTeigue. The main characters are V (Hugo Weaving) and Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman). The movie is set in a futuristic Great Britain after the fall of America. The government has taken a strict rule over the people of Great Britain and rule with an iron fist. Times are hard for the people that live here and have to deal with curfews among many other things. V wears a mask with the design of Guy Fawkes, a man that attempted to blow up the parliament, only to fail. V is attempting to start a revolution of the British people by doing things that are considered terrorist acts. On the night that V decides to make his first attempt to spark the revolution he runs into Evey that is being confronted by the special police because she is out after curfew. After saving Evey, V shows her what he is doing and tries to make her his disciple.
The motif of the film is the mask that V wears throughout the movie. It is painted with the design of Guy Fawkes. It stands for the rebellion that is about the happen within Great Britain. At times V uses the masks to disguise him in an escape, and eventually it is the symbol he gives the rebellion. The lighting in the movie is dark. This is to show that the story is set in a very dark point in the history of this country. Also, for the story, the movie is set at night because there are a lot less people out and about due to the curfews that have been put into place.
Another movie that could be considered similar to "V for Vendetta," is "The Dark Knight," directed by Christopher Nolan, based on the DC crime fighter Batman. They are similar because they are both based on graphic novels and instead of fighting crime as a person; they both fight as a symbol. The symbol becomes more than the person they are behind their masks.