V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
R | 17 March 2006 (USA)
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In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

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Curapedi

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Teddie Blake

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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Bessie Smyth

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

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Billy Ollie

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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R Long

First time seeing this in 2018. The secret is out, now, that even those 20th century oppressors imitated here were in fact leftists (despite post-WW II revisionism), as were the other mass killers known to be from the left. People living in fantasyland can still make gripping movies, even if they don't know squat about history. -- Collectivists are not about individual political freedom, and demonstrably against free speech. If you just ignore the vulgar conventional-wisdom that assumes leftists care about anything more than controlling other people, the rest of the movie is pretty good. The main characters are incompatible with the political premise presented (they're classical liberals), but these days, one has to go into a movie expecting to have to set aside the delusions of the entertainment class. Forgive them, for they're neurotic and ignorant, but many of them are good at portraying people who they are not.

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philpho

IMDB 8.2? You have to be joking. Surely this has been trolled up from high fives by Rainbow Warriors. Higher than Fargo and Paper Moon. Next to Chinatown. Mein Gott.V for Vendetta looks like a BBC Telemovie drama production beamed forwards from the early years when digital motion images were novel and Saturday night TV was still in its post Dixon of Dock Green phase. It contents the usual BBC social engineering proselytization but with a simplistic retro feel of mid-Blairite era that makes it look naïve and primitive by this weeks must have in identity politics et al. It gets worse. The script oozes clichés and low end predictability from start to finish. Say it before it happens. Its like an ideology film for 10 year old's and believers in the idealist fantasy of Marxist pedagogy. For that you'd need the check list of every populist evil anti-christ of the period and tick them off as they wander by with only Rupert Murdoch missing. Guanatanamo Oranges and John Hurt's Winston from Radford's 1984 now replacing the Enoch Powell look-a-like big screen Evil Leader is a nice touch.What did they spend $54m on? Natalie Portman in pink and white dress as an entertainment based paedo-trap for evil Bishop? The sets for want of a better word are low budget digitised or the tea room at the office. Most of the film is a fight for crap-rights between bad acting and rubbish dialogue. The Autopsy scene is cringe-worthy. Strike that its all cringe-worthy.This movie could excel only as a parody of bad. However, a parody needs to distance itself from its subject to be identifiable otherwise it is just bad. Whats my point? Eight point Two? This has to be jacked by dark evil forces... hang on... what am I saying?

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Smoreni Zmaj

Placed in futuristic Britain, this movie tells a story about dictatorship and the man who became symbol of it's downfall. People from many, not to say majority, countries in today's world can easily identify with the characters. Great adaptation of DC comic and always gladly seen Natalie Portman.8/10

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renofhate

As far as I'm concerned, this is one of the greatest films ever made, despite being relatively unknown in comparison with other films of the genre; whether you see it as a film of its own or a film loosely based off DC comics, there's no denying it's a truly remarkable work of art brought to the big screen (again, from whether or not the perspective is standalone or based).Packed full of exquisite dialogue and fantastic, well-written performances, it's clear and simple as to why it's in my top five. The plot is superbly written and has a lot of depth to it. If you're a fan of ambiguous movies, this one counts. I mean, to me there's a lot of ambiguity involved, but not just in terms of personal opinion, but rather I mean there genuinely is a lot of unanswered stuff. Tremendous as it is, I still don't know whether or not this is my favorite Hugo Weaving role. I loved his role as Agent Smith too, from The Matrix. Actually, no. As much as I adore and love The Matrix, this is the pinnacle mark right here. This is his defining role if you ask me. The saddening thing is that V does, in fact, die at the end... but the day he sought all along doesn't die. It merely even starts. It's just the beginning.... The fact of the matter is this - no face, no worries. You don't even get to see his face once in the film (unless the Rockwood scene counts, but it really doesn't), and it matters not one bit. The voice and the movement are enough. A genius portrayal indeed.All side and co-characters are phenomenal in their respective roles. As it is a joint-character film, the other lead is (as most people will know), Natalie Portman - she is very good in the film, and does a terrific job; and this too is perhaps her defining performance... A marvellous film.

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