It's set in a future England, where a fundamentalist and fascist government has risen in response to war and a deadly plague. In addition to the usual crimes against the state that can get a person in trouble, it is illegal to own a Koran, and homosexuals are arrested and made to disappear.
Evey Hammond is an ordinary young woman who sneaks out after curfew to go to a dinner date, and is stopped by thuggish "Finger Men" -- state police -- who decide to rape her. She is saved by a masked figure called V, and her life becomes entwined with his. He uses the Guy Fawkes story as his theme, and is pursuing a mixture of violence and truth-telling to get the people to wake up and resist their government. And to wreak vengeance for the very particular crimes committed against him.
There is violence. V uses knives as his weapon of choice, and while there isn't a lot of gratuitous violence, there is some flying blood. It's definitely not something I would take my ten year-old daughter to see, although it's as much for the adult themes as the violence. There are images of people dying from a horrible disease in concentration camp type settings, and there are images of bodies going into mass graves.
There is also torture, although nothing graphic onscreen.
It's an adult movie, or one for thoughtful teenagers who can engage with the themes that underly the violence.
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Date: 2006-03-19 09:06 pm (UTC)Evey Hammond is an ordinary young woman who sneaks out after curfew to go to a dinner date, and is stopped by thuggish "Finger Men" -- state police -- who decide to rape her. She is saved by a masked figure called V, and her life becomes entwined with his. He uses the Guy Fawkes story as his theme, and is pursuing a mixture of violence and truth-telling to get the people to wake up and resist their government. And to wreak vengeance for the very particular crimes committed against him.
There is violence. V uses knives as his weapon of choice, and while there isn't a lot of gratuitous violence, there is some flying blood. It's definitely not something I would take my ten year-old daughter to see, although it's as much for the adult themes as the violence. There are images of people dying from a horrible disease in concentration camp type settings, and there are images of bodies going into mass graves.
There is also torture, although nothing graphic onscreen.
It's an adult movie, or one for thoughtful teenagers who can engage with the themes that underly the violence.