7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
V for Vendetta (2006)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.4
Overview
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Overview
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
V for Vendetta is clearly left-leaning due to its explicit critique of a fascist, theocratic, and totalitarian government and its championing of a revolutionary, collective uprising as the solution to systemic oppression.
The movie features traditional casting with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on political themes of totalitarianism and individual freedom, rather than explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on specific diversity, equity, and inclusion themes.
Secondary
The film features significant LGBTQ+ characters whose persecution by the fascist regime underscores the story's central themes of oppression and resistance. Valerie Page's defiant love story and Gordon Deitrich's tragic fate are presented with profound empathy, affirming the worth of queer lives and love in the face of extreme bigotry. The net impact is strongly positive.
The film portrays a state-controlled, fundamentalist version of Christianity as a tool for the oppressive Norsefire regime. Characters like Bishop Lilliman exemplify extreme hypocrisy and moral corruption, using religious authority to justify bigotry, violence, and personal depravity. The narrative condemns this perversion of faith, not faith itself.
V for Vendetta does not include any explicit transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on political rebellion, fascism, and personal freedom, without engaging with transsexual identity or experiences.
The film features Evey Hammond as the primary female character, but she does not engage in direct physical combat against male opponents. Her role involves being rescued, tortured, and assisting V, but not fighting. No other female characters participate in combat.
The film is an adaptation of the comic series, and all major characters, including V, Evey, and Inspector Finch, maintain the same gender as established in the original source material. No characters canonically established as one gender were portrayed as a different gender.
The film "V for Vendetta" adapts characters from the original comic series. All major characters, including V, Evey Hammond, and Inspector Finch, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established depictions in the source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.1
7.9
Critic Ratings
7.3
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