V
for Vendetta is a 2006 action-thriller directed by James McTeigue and
produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers, who also wrote the
screenplay. The movie is an adaptation of the graphic novel V for
Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Set in London, England in a
near-future dystopian society, the film follows the mysterious V, a
freedom fighter seeking to effect sociopolitical change while
simultaneously pursuing his own violent personal vendetta. The movie
stars Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond, Hugo Weaving as V, Stephen Rea
as Inspector Finch, and John Hurt as Chancellor Sutler.
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