V for Vendetta (2005)

V for Vendetta is a film adaptation of the comic book series of the 1980’s by the same name. 

Genre: Action and Drama 

IMDB rating:  8.2

The film is set in the dystopian future United Kingdom where it is ruled by a totalitarian government under the fascist norsefire party. 

The party with its atrocious and dreadful history still continues to rule with severe oppression.  The movie highlights the fact that every dictatorship survives on one thing and that is “control”, control over the people. This is generally done through invoking fear or limiting knowledge, ideas, and information. The protagonist of the film referred to as ‘V’ (Hugo Weaving) who had survived and escaped an unjust and traumatic imprisonment and spent decades preparing to take vengeance on the party seeks to  right their wrongs for a better tomorrow. In his path he encounters a young woman Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman) who plays an instrumental part in bringing down the party.

V for vendetta other than the totalitarianism deals with many issues of homosexuality, islamophobia, and terrorism. The societal conditions are essayed as very poor and oppressive with great deal of censorship, random audio surveillances, spreading of misinformation and denial of truth to give a false sense of the state in which the country is, to its citizens. 

The script is wonderfully written which has been turned even more beautifully into a movie. The dialogues are very magnetic and thrilling accompanied with brilliant acting and cinematography.