V for Vendetta

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2006)

V for Vemdetta deserves a 10. A story about a masked avenger at war with a totalitarian British regime, was drawn along the usual Orwellian lines but is clearly meant to have more than a passing resemblance to our current political environment. The story originated as a limited comic series in the early 1980's. Like the comic, the film is set in a near future, though now the time stamp is circa 2020.America, glimpsed only in passing on television, is paralyzed by civil unrest, and Britain has fallen to fascism. One night after curfew, a young woman Evey is saved from an assault by a man in a Guy Fawkes mask who introduces himself as V (Hugo Weaving, wasted under his costume). V slices and dices Evey's troubles away, topping off his handiwork first by reciting some vacuous verse and then by blowing up the Old Bailey. Thats just the beginning.This movie keeps you awake and waiting for the next explosion to happen. A lot of action and heart. And the end is just awesome... Put V for Vendetta on your MUST watch list.