V For Vendetta (2005)
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... 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 intellectual, a man dedicated to freeing his fellow citizens from those who have terrorized them into compliance. He is also bitter, revenge-seeking, lonely and violent, driven by a personal vendetta. In his quest to free the people of England from the corruption and cruelty that have poisoned their government, V condemns the tyrannical nature of their appointed leaders and invites his fellow citizens to join him in the shadows of Parliament on November the 5th – Guy Fawkes Day. On that day in 1605, Guy Fawkes was discovered in a tunnel beneath Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder. He and his co-conspirators had engineered the treasonous "Gunpowder Plot" in response to the tyranny of their government under James I. Fawkes and his fellow saboteurs were hanged, drawn and quartered, and their plan to take down their government never came to pass. In the spirit of that rebellion, in remembrance of that day, V vows to carry out the plot that Fawkes was executed for attempting on November 5th in 1605: he will blow up Parliament. As Evey uncovers the truth about V’s mysterious past, she also discovers the truth about herself – and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plan to ignite a revolution, bringing freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption. Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Virtual Studios, a Silver Pictures production in association with Anarchos Productions Inc., NATALIE PORTMAN in V For Vendetta, starring HUGO WEAVING, STEPHEN REA and JOHN HURT. Directed by JAMES McTEIGUE, the film is produced by JOEL SILVER, GRANT HILL, ANDY WACHOWSKI and LARRY WACHOWSKI from a screenplay by THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS, based on the graphic novel illustrated by DAVID LLOYD and published by VERTIGO/DC COMICS. The executive producer is BENJAMIN WAISBREN. The director of photography is ADRIAN BIDDLE, B.S.C.; the production designer is OWEN PATERSON; the editor is MARTIN WALSH, A.C.E.; and the music is composed by DARIO MARIANELLI. V For Vendetta is a United Kingdom-Germany co-production. This film has been rated "R" by the MPAA for "strong violence and some language." V For Vendetta is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. -- © Warner Bros. [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt, Rupert Graves
Screenwriter: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Producer: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Joel Silver, Grant Hill
Composer: Dario Marianelli
Producer: Joel Silver
DVD Info
Release:
May 20, 2008
DVD Features:
- Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
- Dolby Surround 5.1 - English, Spanish, French
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Reviews
The details of V's beef with society are hazy, but the film has a certain purity of spirit.
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.
When the script sticks close to Alan Moore, it works best. Which, sadly, is seldom.
... manages to succeed as both great entertainment and a thoughtful reflection on current politics.
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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.
A movie that has been made in the Wachowski style but lacks their distinctive visual flair.
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.
Turgid, overinflated, pseudo-philosophical, bogus radicalism from the Wachowski brothers.
I'm thinking the message is that there's a little V in everyone. Unfortunately,on screen there's only a lot of Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
...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.
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.
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.
Feels far too starched and clean to do its source material justice.
it's not Sin City, but it's probably the most acomplished blovkbuster we'll see all summer
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.
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