V for Vendetta

     

V for Vendetta2005

Stars: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Rating: R
Runtime: 132 minutes

V for Vendetta is a 2006 film set in a dystopian future United Kingdom, where V, a mysterious radical anarchist wearing a Guy Fawkes costume, works to bring down an oppressive fascist government, profoundly affecting the people he encounters. It was… more »


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And thus I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.

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  • Tamajain Alexander
    Tamajain Alexander
    V is saying that the Bishop clothes himself as a saint. But is truly the devil. He relishes in the evil he does.
    LikeReply4 years ago
  • Gina Hicks
    Gina Hicks
    It's how an evil one does; tis why he isn't just bad. He tells the truth but then is incognito to whoever worships a two-faced god. That honesty is not always safe or good.
    LikeReply4 years ago

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