V For Vendetta (2005)
73 %
Reviews Counted: 219 Fresh: 159 Rotten:60 Average Rating: 6.8/10
Consensus:
Visually stunning and thought-provoking, V For Vendetta's political pronouncements may rile some, but its story and impressive set pieces will nevertheless entertain.
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 17, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $70,453,614
Synopsis: Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a young working-class woman named Evey who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as "V." Profoundly complex, V is at once literary, flamboyant, tender and... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt, Rupert Graves
Director: James McTeigue
Screenwriter: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Producer: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Joel Silver, Grant Hill
Composer: Dario Marianelli
Producer: Joel Silver
Screenwriter: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Producer: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Joel Silver, Grant Hill
Composer: Dario Marianelli
Producer: Joel Silver
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The details of V's beef with society are hazy, but the film has a certain purity of spirit.
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06/08/08
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01/15/08
blends modern-day politics with good old-fashioned derring-do to explore the grey areas (in a very grey-looking London) between freedom, justice, dissidence and retribution.
08/10/07
When the script sticks close to Alan Moore, it works best. Which, sadly, is seldom.
07/23/07
... manages to succeed as both great entertainment and a thoughtful reflection on current politics.
07/10/07
jo%u0161 jedno silovanje strip-umjetnosti od strane holivudskih licemjera
06/22/07
The swashbuckling first hour is superior to the second, which bursts at the seams with backstory, but a rousing climax makes this the most potent piece of agitpop in years.
04/18/07
Top Critic
A movie that has been made in the Wachowski style but lacks their distinctive visual flair.
03/01/07
I know it sounds a little strange to be recommending a movie about a revolutionary at this time, but I thoroughly enjoyed this motion picture and, if taken for its fantasy alone, it provides great escapist entertainment.
01/12/07
Turgid, overinflated, pseudo-philosophical, bogus radicalism from the Wachowski brothers.
01/02/07
I'm thinking the message is that there's a little V in everyone. Unfortunately,on screen there's only a lot of Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
12/13/06
...a somewhat old-fashioned adventure flick, filled with action, humor, romance, politics, and the kind of swashbuckling that audiences hadn't seen in movies for many years.
11/17/06
Revenge is liberty. I can't recall hearing that particular idea from Tolstoy, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Vaclav Havel, Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama or the makers of Batman Begins. But as the Wachowski brothers would say, that's another paradigm.
11/11/06
Much to admire and enjoy, but what could have been a meaningful parable about individual freedoms comes off as heavy-handed politicizing that doesn't quite add up.
11/10/06
Top Critic
it's not Sin City, but it's probably the most acomplished blovkbuster we'll see all summer
09/10/06
A futuristic London where the government uses fear to elicit cooperation from the people is smashed by a man in a mask. V for Vendetta is an allegory of modern America.
07/20/06
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