2005 · sci-fi · dystopia · action
V for Vendetta
Directed by James McTeigue2h 12m2005
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Our read: V for Vendetta (2005) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded sci-fi · dystopia · action entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / dystopia, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- sombre
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- intense
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