V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian political action film directed by James McTeigue and written by the Wachowskis. It is based on the 1988 DC limited series of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. The film is set in an alternative future where a Nordic supremacist and neo-fascist totalitarian regime has subjugated the United Kingdom. Stephen Rea portrays a detective leading a desperate quest to stop V.
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V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian political action film directed by James McTeigue and written by the Wachowskis. It is based on the 1988 DC limited series of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. The film is set in an alternative future where a Nordic supremacist and neo-fascist totalitarian regime has subjugated the United Kingdom. It centres on V, an anarchist and masked freedom fighter who attempts to ignite a revolution through elaborate terrorist acts. Stephen Rea portrays a detective leading a desperate quest to stop V. Alan Moore, having been dissatisfied with the film adaptations of his other works, From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, declined to watch the film and asked to be uncredited and not be paid royalties. V for Vendeta has been seen by many political groups as an allegory of oppression by government; anarchists have used it to promote their beliefs. It opened in the United States on 17 March 2006 to mostly positive reviews from critics and was a box office success. The United States is fractured as a result of a second civil war and a pandemic of the \”St. Mary’s Virus\” ravaging Europe. V hijacks a BTN broadcast to claim responsibility for the destruction, encouraging the people of Britain to rebel against their government and meet him on next year’s Guy Fawkes Night outside the Houses of Parliament. V takes Evey to his home, where she is told she must remain for one year.
Evey is tortured for information about V, her only solace being a note written by Valerie Page, a prisoner tortured and killed for being a lesbian. When she says she would rather die, she is released, finding herself in V’s home. V staged her imprisonment to free her from her fears. While Evey initially hates V for what he did to her, she realizes she is a stronger person. She leaves him, promising to return before November 5. V kills Lewis Prothero, Norsefire’s chief propagandist, and Anthony Lilliman, the Bishop of London. The Norsefire Party, helmed by all-powerful High Chancellor Adam Sutler, used the outbreak of the St. Mary’s virus to win an overwhelming majority in Parliament. Fourteen years earlier, Sutler launched a secret project at Larkhill, which resulted in the creation of the virus. The virus killed more than 100,000 people, blamed on a terrorist organisation and used to elevate the Chancellor to the office of High Chancellor and profit from it. V is the result of human experimentation and is targeting those who are targeted by him. V confronts Dr. Delia Surridge, who experimented on him and others at Larkshill concentration camp; seeing her remorse, he kills her painlessly. V then escapes to the home of her boss, talk show host Gordon Deitrich, who reveals subversive paintings, an antique Quran, and homoerotic photographs. In return for Evey trusting him, Gordon reveals subversive works of art.
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