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V For Vendetta
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His name is nowhere
to be seen in the
credits, but this
futuristic thriller
about an
authoritarian
government out of
1984 and a lone
revolutionary who
takes them on comes
from Alan Moore's
acclaimed graphic
novel. Moore has
distanced himself
from the film, but
it's actually quite
faithful, right down
to the ambiguity of
its swashbuckling
terrorist hero V
(Hugo Weaving behind
the Guy Fawkes
mask). Natalie
Portman is Evey, the
working-class girl
saved from the
secret police by V
and becomes, over
time, his
accomplice, Stephen
Rea is the
relentless detective
whose loyalty to the
cruel government and
its corrupt rulers
is weakened with
every step of the
investigation, and
John Hurt is the
dictator who rules
through propaganda,
control of the
media, and a
population who never
questions his
authority… until V
comes along. Moore
wrote the novel as a
commentary on
Thatcher's England
and the film retains
the London setting,
but it only takes a
few key phrases to
echo the current
American
administration. In
light of 9/11 and
other terrorist
attacks, the issues
are all the more
relevant… and even
more ambiguous.
Stephen Fry, Tim
Pigott-Smith, and
Sinéad Cusack
co-star. The
Wachowski brothers
produce and James
McTeigue directs.
Released August 1st
2006 |
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