Pain, rebirth, destruction, and enlightenment. These ideas and topics you will find in the smash hit V for Vendetta, a film that is based on the outstanding graphic novel by Alan Moore. We follow young Evey (Natalie Portman) and freedom fighter “V” (Hugo Weaving) as they pull the veil away from the people in London, revealing the dark fascist government that runs their lives. The film is filled with both violence and deep philosophical thinking. Hugo Weaving provides a deep and interesting portrayal of “V.”

Changing key moments from the source material to provide a social commentary for when it was released (2005), V for Vendetta can provide satire and a deep quandary to those who wish to view it. Throughout the film, we are taken into the mind of a man who wishes to liberate the people of a fascist government by igniting a deep-seated revolution against order and the structure of those who control and conquer. With V is Evie, the unwitting “accomplice” to V’s agenda–starting on November 5, 2020, V plants the seed of rebellion and freedom of the spirit. The film takes place over a year’s time as we watch the crumbling of social order and the dark secrets the British Government has hidden since their last great war–which pretty much turned London into a futuristic Nazi Germany, with death camps and all, so the only question left is…Will V get his Vendetta against the government that destroyed all he cared about? Or will he be another body for the morgue? Watch V For Vendetta to find out.

The acting is fantastic,  Hugo Weaving’s “V” steals the scene from the very start, and he definitely is the glue that holds the movie together–and the film’s subject matter mirrors that of current politics, bringing a gritty dystopia much different from the current trend of films like it–witty, original, and with the dark feeling that this could happen.  The soundtrack, unfortunately, isn’t memorable, but the rest of the movie is a good watch on a rainy day.