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V For Vendetta [HD DVD] [2006]
from Warner Home Video
starring Hugo Weaving, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Natalie Portman

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Unpleasant, but not in a good way
  I enjoy the sub-genre of apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, or dystoptian future fiction, so seeing this V for Vendetta was a no-brainer for me.
  Unfortunately, the things I found distasteful about this movie outweighed any of the positive aspects that other viewers have mentioned (e.g. cautionary tale, visuals, etc.).
  The comparisons to Orwell's 1984 are appropriate, but Orwell's motives were far more interesting: a committed socialist who warns of a state in which even his own ideals are misused to... more info

• A naive waste of talent and resources
  I'm sure that there is a good film to be made on the heroic struggle of a lone hero inspiring a mass revolt against a fascist regime in a near-future Britain but this definitely isn't it. A feedom fighting character based on Guy Fawkes is, even for a graphic novel, a complete slap in the face of history. Fawkes was a mercenary explosives expert who was hired by Catesby and his Catholic terrorist confederates to murder the Protestant King and Government. Had Fawkes succeeded, the Catholic administration... more info

• This is happening today people - WAKE UP!!!!
  A tremendous film for the times we live in today. Although it is set in the future the parallels to the propagandised society in which we live today are clear for those who are paying attention.
  Real-life Iraq footage is used in the film to convey to the people that they are at war against an unseen enemy and the government will supposedly protect them. - at the same time the government develops biological weapons to use on its own population - backed up by all the bigbrother- cctv- surveilance... more info

• Remember, remember the fifth of Novermber...
  It is nearly the 5th of November now, so rather an appropriate time to write a review about the V for Vendetta.
  If you already are a fan of Wachowski brothers, then there is obviously no need to convince you about the value of their productions. The brothers made an excellent job showing the reality we share in a rather metaphoric or even a farfetched manner. In their newest production this is not the case. Their message is far more literal and much closer to home.
  Although the story takes us to... more info

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