The People against State Terror

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 2006)

This movie is based on the fact that governments create fear in people to control them and spend billions on weapons and the military. See "The Power of Nightmares" by Adam Curtis for a documentary on this topic.
The movie is not too far from reality when it depicts a dictator who does not care for his people and controls the media to spin his lies. A lot of oppressive regimes act this way around the world and in each of these countries there are freedom fighters or terrorists depending on which side you are on.
The movie also communicates that the purpose of taking actions against the oppressors is not just revenge but that each action is a strategy to make the oppressive regime collapse. Each of V's actions creates a pre-calculated reaction which climaxes with the end sequence of the movie.
Excellent work and truly emotional. The controversy will be that violence was used by V to end the oppressive regime instead of the non-violent ways of Gandhi and MLK.
Clearly the message of the movie could be taken one step further: The analogy being the US committing state terror against other countries and that the oppressed people will fight back. The media control is certainly well documented by Noam Chomsky in "Manufacturing Consent".