Review for V for Vendetta

Anton Sitkovets

            From the very beginning, V for Vendetta provides a compelling and deep story that paints a picture of a dystopian future in Britain. With civil war raging on in the U.S, Britain ‘s citizens are struck with a virus that leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths across the country. Which leads to the ruling of totalitarian leader, Sutler who is working to take the rights and freedoms of all his citizens to gain full control. The world in V for Vendetta is incredibly imagined and detailed and hooks you to believe that something like this could happen, where overthrowing the government would be needed. The government in this is film is much like the government in Pink Floyd’s The wall where people are of full control by their leaders. The debate about freedom is brought up here and it delivers it very well, as the question comes up as; do we really have as much choice in our lives as we think? Or is our government brainwashing us into believing that we all freedoms we are entitled to. These political themes are strong in the film as ideas of anarchy and togetherness are supported through united revolution as V sends his masks to all the houses in London to test the citizens’ loyalty to the government.

 The character of V is also a very strong character, with a rich back story of biochemical testing and revenge as he devotes his life to bringing down the government but has an epiphany when he meets Evey. The character that played V was very talented at being able to portray emotions and feelings in a character while at the same time wearing a mask. This meant all his emotions had to be conveyed through enunciating and expressing through his voice. V also sounded somewhat like a robotic character because he seemed to have very little experience talking to others, but at the same time had a very intelligent opinion to him. The actor portrayed him very well as he sounded like a very introspective person, who learned everything in his life from books and movies rather than social interaction. In my opinion this is a great movie, where even action fans would enjoy as it is a superhero film with great action sequences, but the chunk of the story derives from learning about V’s backstory and his reason and intentions for revenge. I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys a well acted and story heavy film, but would not necessarily recommend it to people who only watch comedies or mindless action films. This film had great acting all around as well as a very enticing story that makes you want to stay around for the end. I would definitely recommend this film to others and now I plan to watch Alan Moore’s Watchmen, to see more of his amazing work.