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Jun 7, 2022 · Two estranged sisters must rescue their kidnapped sibling from vampires in this supernatural thriller. IMDb provides cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more information about the film.
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V is an enigmatic anarchist vigilante and freedom fighter. Easily recognizable by his Guy Fawkes mask and dark clothing, V works to depose the totalitarian Norsefire regime which rules the United Kingdom in a tight grip.
V's true identity is a mystery, and he visibly removes his mask only once during the entire story (at Surridge's request), at which point his back is to the reader. Surridge tells him "it is beautiful", in contrast to her personal notes, where she mentions that the man in cell V was ugly although she mentions "Physically, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with him. No cellular anomalies, nothing".
He doesn't even consider "V" his "name", saying "I do not have a name. You can call me V". The only explanation given regarding V's past is Surridge's diary, which V leaves out in the open for the "Finger" (Norsefire's secret police) to find after he kills her. Eric Finch, the head of the "Nose" (the Party's detective division) and one of Norsefire's most powerful officials, reads through the diary, but points out that V wanted them to read it. V also tore out many pages, which possibly left clues to his true identity before arriving at the camp. Finch further speculates that V fabricated the version of Surridge's diary, which he left with her body, just to confuse the police.
His confidante Evey Hammond speculates that V might be her own father, who was arrested years before as a political prisoner; V denies it.
As Finch comments on the pages V tore from Surridge's diary "What was on the missing pages, eh? His name? His age? Whether he was Jewish, or homosexual, or black, or white?" He later proclaims to Finch that he is "an idea."
The 2006 film adaptation of the graphic novel starred Hugo Weaving as V.
In the film, V is a freedom fighter rather than an anarchist terrorist. He is disfigured (a result of burns) instead of being described as being ugly. His physical abilities are unexpected results of myriad experiments performed on many if not all of Larkhill's detainees (apparently, only V got any benefit from the gruesome experiments). At the end of the film, he says that he has fallen in love with Evey.
There are several plot deviations. In the film, he only bombs the Old Bailey and the Palace of Westminster. It is Peter Creedy who is the main antagonist and confronts V at the end, instead of Finch. Creedy shoots Sutler (Adam Susan in the graphic novel), but V refuses to take off his mask, and Creedy and his men shoot V. V wore a breastplate to deflect the bullets but was still mortally wounded. He dies in Evey's arms. Finch then confronts Evey, but puts down his weapon after learning about the corruption of the Norsefire regime and joins Evey as they watch V's bomb destroy the Palace of Westminster.
His body is obliterated and vaporized after the train blows up.
According to Moore, he was designed to be the protagonist, so that readers could decide for themselves whether he was a hero fighting for a cause, or simply insane.
Moore has confirmed that V is not Evey's father.
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V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian political action film directed by James McTeigue (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by the Wachowskis. It is based on the 1988–89 DC Vertigo Comics limited series of the same title by Alan Moore, David Lloyd, and Tony Weare.
V for Vendetta is a British graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare). Initially published between 1982 and 1985 in black and white as an ongoing serial in the British anthology Warrior , its serialisation was completed in 1988–89 in a ten-issue colour limited series published by DC ...
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V for Vengeance is a 2023 horror film about two sisters fighting vampires. Find out the release date, cast, rating, and where to watch it on Paramount+, Fandango, or Prime Video.
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V is an enigmatic anarchistic terrorist plaguing the regime of Norsefire's United Kingdom, using the imagery of Guy Fawkes. The background and identity of V is largely unknown. He is at one point an inmate at the infamous "Larkhill Resettlement Camp", one of, if not the worst of many...
