V for Vendetta
I would classify V for Vendetta as an
Action Thriller film. The futuristic tale unfolds in Great Britain that's a
fascist state. A freedom fighter known as V uses terrorist tactics to fight the
oppressive society. The executions, revolution, the fight for freedom, and the
word “Vendetta”, all of these things make me think that it’s an action thriller
movie I
didn’t have any high expectations from this movie as I thought that it will be
a boring thriller movie which has a masked man killing his enemies, for freedom.
However, the movie stood up a lot higher than my expectations, I loved it and
now I think that V for Vendetta is an outstanding movie. Action thriller is my
favourite genre, especially action.
Other than the genre, I quite like the story
line and narrative. It starts in the not too distant future, where Britain
is filled with torture cells, unfair punishments and prejudice against
minorities. However in the mist of all this chaos, one man known only by the
name V dares to stand up to the government and is labelled as a terrorist. One
night V rescues a mild young woman called Evey Hammond and an unlikely bond
between the two emerges which results with Evey becoming V’s ally. But though V
may be charismatic and have a passion for justice he has his own personal
hatred of the government for something they did to him long ago. V’s love for Evey is shown when he imprisons
Evey to make her experience the hunger for revenge. She screams at him and
that’s when V shows her that he knows Valerie, and he explains to Evey that
every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The treatment against V,
Valerie, and the populace will eventually come back strong and the system in
power will be toppled. She then asks to leave and V lets her go. V is not happy
with the fact that Evey does not want to remain by his side so he smashes a
glass and begins to weep. My interpretation of this is that
without love, he is left to destroy the government and his enemies so his life
could gain meaning such as him being the liberator of the populace. As November
the 5th, the day V says he and those who will follow him will stand up to the
government once and for all approaches, Detective Finch becomes more and more
determined to uncover the truth about V, however his search leads him to question
himself, that whether or not he is on the right side.
The message behind V for Vendetta is
the freedom from dictators and dictatorship. It’s about a freedom fighter who uses
terrorist tactics in pursuit of a personal vendetta, more precisely in a bid to
raise voice against all unlawful oppressions and to entice people to take actions
against such oppressions when it is required.
