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V For Vendetta (2005)

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Reviews Counted:35

Fresh:23

Rotten:12

Average Rating:6.3/10

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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence and some language

Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

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... 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]

Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt

Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt, Rupert Graves, Sinead Cusack, Stephen Fry, Natasha Wightman, Tim Pigott-Smith

Director: James McTeigue

Director: James McTeigue
Screenwriter: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Producer: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Joel Silver, Grant Hill
Composer: Dario Marianelli
Producer: Joel Silver
Studio: Warner Bros.

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  • Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (Hugo Weaving) known only as "V." Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about V's mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself - and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plan to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.
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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.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
    04/18/07
    J. R. Jones
    J. R. Jones
    Chicago Reader
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    Feels far too starched and clean to do its source material justice.

    Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment 1 Comment
    10/07/06
    Stephanie Zacharek
    Stephanie Zacharek
    Salon.com
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    A welcome blast of pop subversion.

    Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
    05/12/06
    David Edelstein
    David Edelstein
    New York Magazine
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    This is not the movie, and these are not the times, for sophisticated arguments.

    Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
    03/17/06
    Peter Howell
    Peter Howell
    Toronto Star
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    Richly satisfying entertainment the way movies are at their best, when they prod you to think.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    03/17/06
    Ruthe Stein
    Ruthe Stein
    San Francisco Chronicle
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    Movie fans may be surprised to find [certain] questions being raised in a sci-fi movie. They should, instead, be appalled that it took a sci-fi movie to raise them.

    Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
    03/17/06
    Stephen Whitty
    Stephen Whitty
    Newark Star-Ledger
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    [An] enjoyable -- if occasionally irresponsible -- comic-book thriller.

    Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
    03/17/06
    Jami Bernard
    Jami Bernard
    New York Daily News
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    As manifestoes go, this one's a beauty: draped like a funeral, smart as a whip and full of black-hearted romantic monologues and dramatically slit necks.

    Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
    03/17/06
    Amy Biancolli
    Amy Biancolli
    Houston Chronicle
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    V for Vendetta has something going for it that's rare in mainstream films: It has ideas. It has questions. And even when it pretends to have answers, it also raises questions about those answers.

    Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
    03/17/06
    Tom Long
    Tom Long
    Detroit News
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    There's no denying the value of Vendetta as an argument starter, even if the basic argument -- when is terrorism justified? -- is something less than novel.

    Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
    03/17/06
    Terry Lawson
    Terry Lawson
    Detroit Free Press
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    V manages to unsettle and fascinate, riding to its conclusion on waves of unmasked outrage.

    Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
    03/17/06
    Robert Denerstein
    Robert Denerstein
    Denver Rocky Mountain News
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    Fear is just one of the powerful themes in the ka-pow, ka-boom pleasure that is V for Vendetta.

    Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
    03/17/06
    Lisa Kennedy
    Lisa Kennedy
    Denver Post
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    This future-shock story about a masked avenger at war with a totalitarian British regime sags when it should zip.

    comment 2 Comments
    03/17/06
    Manohla Dargis
    Manohla Dargis
    New York Times
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    The movie's a handsome piece of work, dramatically powerful even when it backs into silliness.

    Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
    03/16/06
    Ty Burr
    Ty Burr
    Boston Globe
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    V for Vendetta engages in lots of speechifying about the importance of ideas and the freedom to question them. Ironically, though, the movie doesn't really seem to have any ideas of its own.

    Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment 1 Comment
    03/16/06
    Tom Maurstad
    Tom Maurstad
    Dallas Morning News
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    V for Vendetta wants to be a thoughtful political allegory, a chaste love story and a high-powered thriller all at the same time. It winds up being a big snooze.

    Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment 2 Comments
    03/16/06
    Randy Cordova
    Randy Cordova
    Arizona Republic
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    V for Vendetta is a piece of pulp claptrap; it has no insights whatsoever into totalitarian psychology and always settles for the cheesiest kinds of demagoguery and harangue as its emblems of evil.

    Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment 3 Comments
    03/16/06
    Stephen Hunter
    Stephen Hunter
    Washington Post
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    The film is an intriguing thriller that asks questions likely to have a powerful effect on conscripts in the current war on terror.

    Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
    03/16/06
    Bruce Newman
    Bruce Newman
    San Jose Mercury News
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    Gripping, intelligent and innovative.

    Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
    03/16/06
    Colin Covert
    Colin Covert
    Minneapolis Star Tribune
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    V for Vendetta is not a movie of ideas so much as it is an idea mall. By the time you've gotten through it, you feel spent, loaded down and more than a little disoriented.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment 9 Comments
    03/16/06
    Carina Chocano
    Carina Chocano
    Los Angeles Times
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