V for Vendetta

I watched V for Vendetta on DVD last night. I was not really expecting to like it, and thought it was going to be set in the past, but it was fantastic!

Basically it is set about 10 years from now in England. The USA started a war they could not win and has fallen into anarchy, along with most of the world. In the UK however, the lord Chamberlain has taken control of the country and has been given special powers to maintain peace and order following biological attacks against the country.

A masked stranger - "V" leads Natalie Portman on a journey to discover the truth, and that the state of affairs in the UK has all been masterminded by the lord Chamberlain to get power of the country - including the conspiracy that found the government staging the biological attacks on itself.

The movie has themes of the Holocaust, civil war, and a fair bit of action. It was a bit blood thirst at some points, but it really got you thinking.