Review of V for Vendetta (2006) by Brandon W — 12 Oct 2016

V for Vendetta is the directorial debut of James McTeigue, and it stars Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Stephen Rea, and John Hurt in a dystopian political thriller that is based on the same comic book by David Lloyd and Alan Moore about England being under command of its ruler in the distant future, and when Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman) almost got attacked by some people, a vigilante that wears a Guy Fawkes mask saves her, and kept her for a while as other people will start looking for her also, which she starts to figure more about his plan before November 5th has come in.

When I first watched this film years ago, all I remember from it is that it has one of the best writing that I've seen in a film in years, so it was something to look forward to when seeing it again, and to my surprise, V for Vendetta turned out to be one of my favorite films.

Hugo Weaving is amazing in this that you can only hear his voice and not see his face, and he's very intimidating even with the mask on. Natalie Portman is great as she usually is, and when she has to act like she lost her feeling of her emotions, it's better acted than I saw from Will Smith or Jaden Smith in After Earth.

Stephen Rea does a good job of acting monotonous, and John Hurt is really good as the villain as I never seen him play that type of character. The characters are very three-dimensional, even with the subtle backstories from V whom we still don't know his identity, but wouldn't care about it as the characters are a lot of fun to watch.

The writing by The Wachowski Brothers is at it's A game as the lines are clever, it tells some Bible quotes that are related to this story, and it's clever that when you think it'll lead this way, it goes to a different direction that surprised me.

Even if there's a lot of exposition as The Wachowski Brothers usually write their films that way, but it's done in a well executed way that I didn't care. The political allegory is really clever, and it gives in to a lot of thought-provoking moments that gets people to think differently after watching this film.

The action scenes are entertaining to watch, and the effects look really good with the explosions, and the setting that it takes place as it's a bit different in a way that takes place in the nearest future.

The story is brilliantly told that it gets more crazy, but really fits to the tone of this and doesn't go over the top or cartoony. It's a lot of fun to watch, and it has a heck of an ending that I absolutely loved.

V for Vendetta is a masterpiece for me that I understand why people still wears a Guy Fawkes mask to represent V for what he stand out for.