V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta is a 2005 speculative fiction thriller film directed by James McTeigue and produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers, who also wrote the screenplay. It is an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Set in London 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 film stars Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond, Hugo Weaving as V,Stephen Rea as Inspector Finch and John Hurt as Chancellor Sutler.


In scene 1 Remember, Remember, a female voice introduces us to the story of Guy Fawkes and lays the ground work for the following film.  She muses over the premise that ideas are able to change the world and how often men are linked to them & subsequently forgotten because "a man can fail."  How amazing is it that in our Christ we can readily accept and cherish both idea & man!  

Hebrews 4:14-16 (The Message)

 ^14-16Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let's not let it slip through our fingers. We don't have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He's been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin. So let's walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.

In scene 21 God is in the Rain, Evey experiences a rebirth of sorts as V forces her to face her own mortality.  Much like V's experience before hers, Evey is forced to see life in incremental units that give moments of pause & reflection as to where they come, where they go & how they are to be cherished.  God himself prefaced our life's story by his in breaking into history in the person & work of Jesus & should teach us that we've nothing to fear in this life nor the one to come.

2 Corinthians 7:10-12 (The Message)

 ¹⁰Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets.

 ^11-13And now, isn't it wonderful all the ways in which this distress has goaded you closer to God? You're more alive, more concerned, more sensitive, more reverent, more human, more passionate, more responsible. Looked at from any angle, you've come out of this with purity of heart. And that is what I was hoping for in the first place when I wrote the letter. My primary concern was not for the one who did the wrong or even the one wronged, but for you—that you would realize and act upon the deep, deep ties between us before God. That's what happened—and we felt just great.

In scene 31 Gift of Love, Evey culminates V's work in the destruction of Parliament while watching with a sense of hope for the future.  Meanwhile, thousands of Londoners have marched, unarmed on Parliament to watch the event in capes, hats & Guy Fawkes masks.  Everyone looking for hope for the future through the destruction of a tyrannical governmental regime, all the while overlooking the very subtle hypocrisies that fill their very character and hearts.

Jeremiah 17:8-10 (The Message)

 ^7-8"But blessed is the man who trusts me, God,
   the woman who sticks with God.
They're like trees replanted in Eden,
   putting down roots near the rivers—
Never a worry through the hottest of summers,
   never dropping a leaf,
Serene and calm through droughts,
   bearing fresh fruit every season.
 ^9-10"The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful,
   a puzzle that no one can figure out.
But I, God, search the heart
   and examine the mind.
I get to the heart of the human.
   I get to the root of things.
I treat them as they really are,
   not as they pretend to be."