V For Vendetta

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Synopsis

Action/Drama. Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. A mysterious freedom fighter known only as “V” (Hugo Weaving) finds a possible ally when he rescues a young woman (Natalie Portman) from attack as he prepares to strike against a repressive totalitarian government.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, vulgar expressions and crude sexual language
• Frequent gun, weapons and hand-to-hand violence—blood and detailed wounds
• Portrayal of corpses—some detail
• Portrayal of mass graves—breast and buttock nudity

Thematic elements

• The lasting power of idealism
• The injustices of tyranny
• The manipulation of perception

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and genre violence.

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