The Films

Abstract

In V for Vendetta's narrative, a fascist government oppresses its citizens, imposes the death penalty on owners of the Koran, and sends homosexuals to death camps. The film's hero, who calls himself V, galvanizes the government by bombing the Old Bailey building. Hijacking the state's emergency channel, V threatens to blow up the Houses of Parliament exactly a year later. V urges his fellow citizens to rise up against the oppressive government. In the meantime, V, a man deformed by fire and medical experiments who always appears in a Guy Fawkes mask, hunts down those responsible for his personal tragic history. A young woman, Evey, is unwittingly embroiled in V's plot. He initially rescues and protects, then tortures her. They fall in love. In a last attack, V commits suicide; Evey carries on his project and blows up the Houses of Parliament.