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As V, Hugo Weaving has the unenviable task of playing the entire film behind an immobile mask. He rises to the challenge, bringing the character to life with body language and his sonorously nimble voice. V has a flair for the theatrical. He introduces himself to London on Guy Fawkes Day with fireworks and a theater symbolic bombing, then hijacks a theater television broadcast to announce that he will return a year later to destroy the Houses of Parliament. He suggests that citizens who feel oppressed by their rulers should join him there. And then he’s theater gone, leaving some very anxious politicians in his wake. The viewer’s proxy here is Evey (Natalie Portman), who accidentally becomes a part of V’s plans. With her, we work through many of the expected reactions to V’s approach—and if she eventually comes around to his way of thinking, the film certainly doesn’t present the choice as an uncomplicated one.
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