V FOR VENDETTA: From DC comics and the Wachowski Brothers (THE MATRIX) comes this tale of revolution in an England of the future, one gone fearful and fascist; anyone different, from homosexuals to free thinking artists, is "black bagged" and subjected to torture and inhumane medical experiments. Hugo Weaving stars as V, the mysterious knife-carrying masked avenger who has lightning reflexes, lots of explosives, and intentions to blow up Parliament. He's also on a vendetta against the evil powermongers who made him the lonely monster he is. Natalie Portman is the innocent waif who saves him and winds up hiding out in his nifty secret lair, which is filled with forbidden books, art, and a jukebox that plays Cat Power and Julie London's "Cry Me a River." Meanwhile, there's a hangdog police inspector (Stephen Rea) picking up their trail, and a plethora of evil British government types regularly bullied into action by the intensely odious "Grand Chancellor" (John Hurt). Director James McTiegue keeps all thes...

Cast: Stephen Rea, Sinéad Cusack, John Hurt, Eddie Marsan, Juliet Howland, Natalie Portman, Roger Allam, Stephen Fry, William Tapley, Joseph Rye, Tim Pigott-Smith, John Standing, Clive Ashborn, James Purefoy, Hugo Weaving, Rupert Graves, Ben Miles, Natasha Wightman, Billie Cook, Simon Holmes, Julie Brown, Megan Gay, Mark Longhurst, Emma Field Rayner, Mark Phoenix, Alister Mazzotti, Roderick Culver, Tara Hacking, Antje Rau, Patricia Gannon, Oliver Bradshaw, Jack Schouten, Caoimhe Murdock, Brin Rosser, Adrian Finighan, Bradley Steve Ford, Madeleine Rakic-Platt, Selina Giles, Carsten Hayes, Grant Burgin, Imogen Poots, Laura Greenwood, Kyra Meyer, Paul Antony-Barber, Anna Farnworth, Mary Stockley, Simon Newby, David Merheb, Daniel Donaldson, Ben Posener, Ian T. Dickinson, Sophia New, Gerard Gilroy, Eamon Geoghegan, Matt Wilkinson, Martin McGlade, Richard Laing, Derek Hutchinson, Raife Patrick Burchell, Matthew Bates, Ian Burfield, Chad Stahelski, Jason Griffiths, Malcolm Sinclair, David Leitch, Cosima Shaw, Gregory Donaldson, Martin Savage, Michael Simkins, Amelda Brown, Charles Cork, John Ringham, Richard Campbell, Guy Henry, Dulcie Smart, Andy Rashleigh

Director: James McTeigue

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Release Date: March 17, 2006

MPAA Rating: R

Screen Writer: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

DVD Release Date: August 01, 2006

Runtime: 131 minutes

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures