V FOR VENDETTA(2005)
An incredibly entertaining movie! But beware, you have to
watch it pretty closely to keep track of what's going on! A
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
When "V for Vendetta" came out, maybe reviews called it the
first pro-terrorist movie of the post-9/11 world. And seeing
what kind of society the movie portrays, it's hard not to
sympathize with the terrorist (or is he a freedom fighter?).
The movie portrays an arch-totalitarian England sometime in
the future. Because of the wars waged by the United States,
the whole world exploded into war, the US got reduced to a
third world country, and the fascistic Adam Sutler (John Hurt)
seized power in England. Imposing devout Christianity on
everyone, he rules with the slogan "England prevails!".
However, Sutler's days just might be numbered. A masked man
known only as V (Hugo Weaving) seeks to overthrow this dictator
on November 5, to commemorate Guy Fawkes trying to blow up
parliament. V had gotten disfigured some years earlier from
an explosion in a chemical plant where he was a test subject,
and thus wears this mask.
One night, V rescues young Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman)
from Sutler's thugs, and slowly but surely draws her into
his world of rebellion. As it is, Evey has a reason to go
along with V: her parents were political activists murdered
by Sutler's forces. So what will this all come down to? I
must say that this movie really draws you in. While uneasy
about supporting terrorist activity, one realizes that there's
no alternative. Naturally, that brings up the issue of the
current state of the world. Is Sutler Bush, we may ask.
(No, Sutler actually has a brain.) I think that my favorite
line in the movie is "We report the news, not fabricate it.
That's the government's job." All in all, this gives movies
based on graphic novels a really good name. I wholeheartedly
recommend this movie. Also starring Stephen Rea, Stephen
Fry and Tim Pigott-Smith. - lee_eisenberg
Natalie Portman ... Evey
Hugo Weaving ... V
Stephen Rea ... Finch
Stephen Fry ... Deitrich
John Hurt ... Adam Sutler
Tim Pigott-Smith ... Creedy
Rupert Graves ... Dominic
Roger Allam ... Lewis Prothero
Ben Miles ... Dascomb
Sinead Cusack ... Delia Surridge
Natasha Wightman ... Valerie
John Standing ... Lilliman
Eddie Marsan ... Etheridge
Clive Ashborn ... Guy Fawkes
Emma Field-Rayner ... Guy Fawkes Lover (as Emma Field Rayner)
Ian Burfield ... Tweed Coat Fingerman
Mark Phoenix ... Willy Fingerman
Alister Mazzotti ... Baldy Fingerman
Billie Cook ... Little Glasses Girl
Guy Henry ... Heyer
Cosima Shaw ... Patricia
Megan Gay ... BTN News Poppet
Roderic Culver ... BTN News Poppet (as Roderick Culver)
Tara Hacking ... Vicky
Andy Rashleigh ... Fred
Chad Stahelski ... Storm Saxon
Antje Rau ... Laser Lass
Amelda Brown ... Wardrobe Mistress
Richard Campbell ... Security Guard
Patricia Gannon ... Little Glasses Girl Mum
Mark Longhurst ... Little Glasses Girl Dad
Simon Holmes ... Barman
Charles Cork ... Barfly
John Ringham ... Old Man
Oliver Bradshaw ... Old Man
Jack Schouten ... Middle Class Boy
Caoimhe Murdock ... Middle Class Sister
Juliet Howland ... Middle Class Mum
Brin Rosser ... TV Executive
Raife Patrick Burchell ... Studio Technician (as Raife Burchell)
Joseph Rye ... Jones
Adrian Finighan ... News Anchor
Malcolm Sinclair ... Major Wilson
Bradley Steve Ford ... Evey's Brother
Madeleine Rakic-Platt ... Young Evey
Selina Giles ... Evey's Mother
Carsten Hayes ... Evey's Father
Derek Hutchinson ... Bureaucrat
Martin Savage ... Denis
Grant Burgin ... Operator
Greg Donaldson ... Operator
Imogen Poots ... Young Valerie
Jason Griffiths ... Biology Teacher
Laura Greenwood ... Sarah
Kyra Meyer ... Christina
Paul Antony-Barber ... Valerie's Father
Anna Farnworth ... Valerie's Mother
Mary Stockley ... Ruth
Simon Newby ... Tube Station News Poppet
David Merheb ... Young Man
Daniel Donaldson ... Young Black Detainee
Dulcie Smart ... Civil War News Poppet
Ben Posener ... Water Shortage News Poppet
Ian T. Dickinson ... Avian Flu News Poppet
Sophia New ... Quarantine News Poppet
Julie Brown ... Three Waters News Poppet
Gerard Gilroy ... Surveillance Man
Eamon Geoghegan ... Surveillance Man
Matthew Bates ... Finch's Fedco Man
David Leitch ... Convenience Store V
Matt Wilkinson ... Little Glasses Girl Fingerman
Martin McGlade ... Victoria Station Fingerman
Richard Laing ... Parliament Lieutenant
Michael Simkins ... Parliament General
William Tapley ... Radio Man
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