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- 2006
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 12 m
- 2006
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 12 m
Summary Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V for Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (Weaving) known only as "V." Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revol...
Directed By: James McTeigue
Written By: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, David Lloyd
- 2006
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 12 m
- 2006
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 12 m
V for Vendetta
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7.7
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Summary Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V for Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (Weaving) known only as "V." Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revol...
Directed By: James McTeigue
Written By: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, David Lloyd
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 39 Critic Reviews
62
72% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
21% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
8% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 39 Critic Reviews
62
72% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
21% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
8% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Richly satisfying entertainment the way movies are at their best, when they prod you to think.
An entertaining piece of pulp fiction.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,020 User Ratings
7.7
81% Positive
830 Ratings
830 Ratings
6% Mixed
62 Ratings
62 Ratings
13% Negative
128 Ratings
128 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,020 User Ratings
7.7
81% Positive
830 Ratings
830 Ratings
6% Mixed
62 Ratings
62 Ratings
13% Negative
128 Ratings
128 Ratings
We watch this every year on November 5th as real life gets closer and closer to this dystopian depiction each year.
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Hugo Weaving, weaving deftly beneath a fixed plastic grin and Prince Valiant wig as the mysterious avenger in V for Vendetta, both chills and amuses throughout this enjoyable - if occasionally irresponsible - comic-book thriller.
As a fix of pop iconography, V for Vendetta is eyeball grabbing, even if it lacks the relentless videogame bravura that sold the Matrix films. As a movie, however, it's merely okay, with a pivotal dramatic weakness: Evey, for all the attentions of her revolutionary Svengali, remains, in essence, a bystander, and Portman, her head shaved, plays her like Joan of Arc as a tremulous Girl Scout.
It's the strangest comic-book superhero movie you're likely to see this year. For anyone looking for something totally different in this most overworked of Hollywood genres, this is it.
Both oversimplifies and overcomplicates Moore's and Lloyd's vision, but it never cuts to the bone. It's a movie drawn with big, bold strokes and very little feeling -- a tracing-paper exercise masquerading as a masterpiece.
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. They say they want a revolution? Then give us a revolution, one that's believable, frightening, heroic, coherent and not a teenagers' freaky power trip.
A very beautiful movie with
Unique characterizations.
I fell in love with this.
A complete political and very clever film with a story full of excitement.
I enjoyed every moment of the movie and all the scenes in this movie.
The character 《V》 of each of his words and each of his sentences is an extraordinary fact.
The dialogues of all the characters are great
Believe me, I can not talk much about it. If you do not see it, believe me, you have lost a great pleasure.
-V
People should not be afraid of their government, government should be afraid of their people
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V for Vendetta is an interesting film which warns about the dangers of totalitarianism. It isn't the most remarkable film; the story seems uneven in some areas. The pacing is off at times as well. There are many good aspects to this film though, mainly Hugo Weaving's stellar performance as V. The fight sequences and visuals are also done well. V for Vendetta is a good film, but not a ground breaking one.
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While the acting is solid, the introduction of the letter/narrative of two sexual minorities losing their lives which does not add anything to the plot, combined with the antirreligious propaganda, turn this movie into a political pamphlet. The twentieth century alone has shed more blood than all the 19 centuries before combined, the greatest butchers in the history of mankind being atheists (Stalin, Mao). So, while I acknowledge that evil knows no boundaries (whether christian, atheist, jewish, muslim, or whatever) throwing a punch to religious faith insinuating it is an instrument for dictatorship calls for an accusatory counterblow: remove the plank from your eyes and look at China and Cuba.
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Just an overall bad movie. The plot, acting, pacing, which is amazing it’s so bad because it has two solid actors as the leads, but from V’s first dialogue, I was already groaning and rolling my eyes.
V is the definition of “internet loser that wears a fedora”. I don’t have anything against the idea of “evil government that needs violent opposition to change”, but the movie completely ignores that V is still 100% an actual terrorist and that history has shown, with basically one exception(the American revolution), that violent change of government just leads to the same exact problem, but on the other side of the spectrum.
A lot of people seem to miss the greater theme that both ultra right/left governments are bad, whether it’s the **** the movie portrays) or the USSR(and any other communist country, such as China). So while not a bad theme, the movie gets too caught up in right vs left, when it should really be “the government needs to be kept in check by the people”.
There’s a lot of weak plot points, that leaves me scratching my head wondering “this doesn’t really add up, but whatever, let’s see if it makes sense later” rarely does.
There’s some “humor”, it misses the punch in my opinion.
The fighting is very poor too, you can’t recreate what they do, because every hand movement is just a cut to another angle.
The funny thing is the movie has an anti-gun commentary, because the bad guys use guns and they comment on how guns are oppressive(plus the movie added this weird American-centric political theatre that’s missing in the comics) but the civilians allowed the government to get this by not having guns, so are they bad or what?
There’s a dominos sequence, I thought that was pretty cool looking though.
Don’t watch this movie if you value your time, it’s corny, cringey, and reeks of 14 year old boy edge.
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Production Company
Warner Bros.,
Virtual Studios,
Silver Pictures,
Anarchos Productions
Release Date Mar 17, 2006
Duration 2 h 12 m
Rating R
Tagline Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.
Awards
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 2 Wins & 8 Nominations
Scream Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
