V for Vendetta
Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry and John Hurt.
Rating: 15
V for Vendetta gives us a glimpse into a future that could be, if we allow things to happen without standing up for ourselves.
The film was actually based on a comic strip done during the Thatcher years and center's around an anti hero in the shape of V, played brilliantly by Hugo Weaving.
When Evey Hammond (Portman) finds herself out after Curfew, she is stopped by the Finger Police, and is about to become their entertainment for the night, when a shadowy figure, sporting a Guy Fawkes mask turns up to save her.
Taking her back to his hide-away, Evey is forced to stay with him, but gradually learns through him about the corrupt and controlling Chancellor (John Hurt) of the country, and how V hopes to do what Guy Fawkes failed to, blow up the houses of parliament.
You have to listen carefully to the dialogue of V, as he speaks with such poetry, etiquette, and downright British Stiff-Upper Lippishness, it makes you smile and think "He's not for real!"
But for real he is, and a lot of people find out just how real those knives that he carries are. Caught up in it all are Inspector Finch ( Rea), a hardened cop who is beginning to question the governments iron hard rule, albeit on the quiet. With a TV man Dietrich (Fry) giving Evey a place to hide when she gets into a spot of bother, the plot thickens, and the humour goes up one notch.
It's a clever film, in that the Anti-hero gains a huge following, and the people start ignoring the dreadful Chancellors propaganda machine. In some respects this film is a portrayal of Hitler (Dictator from Humble beginnings rises to power, and rules without care for anyone).
Halfway through the film you get to see the real reason why V is doing what he or even she is doing what he/she is doing, and it is pleasing to see that is is down to the greatest of all human emotions Love. Evey is then captured and put through a harrowing ordeal, before she too can see the reason for V's obsession.
Evey gets a Haircut
Performances throughout the film are excellent, although you never get to see Hugo Weaving. I would love there to be a sequel, and it is not totally out of the question.
V gives you twists, intrigue, Humour and action, the fight scenes are well made and there isn't really any annoyingly slow bits to the film. It takes all the problems of today grabs them by the balls and chucks them out a tenth story window.
Watch it and enjoy.
Check out the trailer here V for Vendetta
RATING: *****
2 comments:
I like the two heros, one born of fire (V) the other born of water (Evey, or maybe it is EV? in the rain). Good picture.
Thanks, for the comment, I am trying to put on a trailer for the film too.
I think the Inspector in the end could be classed a hero too, as he realised just what the country had become, and allowed Evey to do what she did.
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