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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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