V For Vendetta

Set in the future, Britain has turned into a totalitarian country led by High Chancellor Adam Sutler, chairman and founder of the Norsefire Party. Evey Hammond readies herself for a trip to Gordon Deitrich's home for dinner, but notices that she is late, and the nighttime curfew is now in place. In spite of this she leaves, and on her way is stopped by a group of finger men (Police). Instead of arresting her for violating curfew, they attempt to sexually assault her but are interrupted by a man in a Guy Fawkes mask. The man in the mask who introduces himself as "V" saves Evey. V invites Evey to a rooftop to witness a special event, which turns out to be the destruction of the Old Bailey to the accompaniment of the 1812 Overture. The government in an attempt to explain the event lies and says the destruction was a planned event, which is contradicted later when V takes over the BTN on the same day. During the takeover, and in a broadcast message from the BTN, V invites the public to join him in protest over the oppressive nature of the government on November 5, Guy Fawkes Day. As V attempts to escape, the assistant to the lead inspector temporarily captures him. Evey sees this happening, attempts to help V escape and is knocked out during the struggle. Not wanting Evey to be captured and tortured by Norsefire regime, V takes Evey back to his residence. At V's residence, he informs Evey that for her and his protection, she must remain with him for a year. Evey stays for a while, but learns that V is assassinating influential members of the Norsefire Party. At that point she escapes to her friend and superior Gordon Deitrich's residence and asks for his help. While at Deitrich's residence, he unveils a special segment in his show satirizing and mocking the High Chancellor. As retribution for his actions, the High Chancellor orders a raid on Deitrich's residence where Deitrich is captured, and so is Evey. While incarcerated, Evey is continually tortured, has had her head shaven, but discovers notes left by previous prisoner, of which she finds solace. Eventually she is told she will be executed if she does not reveal the whereabouts of V. After days of torture, the exhausted Evey proclaims she would rather "die behind the shed" than reveal where V is located. It is then that V reveals that he is her captor. At first she is angry and upset, but then realizes that she is no longer afraid, and is freed from constant feelings of fear. She leaves V's residence but promises to return before November the fifth. As Lead Inspector Finch's investigation deepens, he discovers a series of events, and begins to piece things together to form a theory; a theory of how V will get his revenge on the Norsefire Party. In the mean time, V ships out hundreds of thousands of Guy Fawkes masks, an act that will form the basis of his Fifth of November plot, but also has another added benefit. Anyone wearing the masks will not be identifiable by the vast amount of security cameras located all over London, and this triggers a crime spree, and a accidental killing for which a policeman is killed by angry citizens, after accidentally shooting a young girl wearing the mask while spray painting V's name over a Norsefire Party poster. As the Fifth of November approaches, V schemes cause tremendous chaos in Britain, and the population grows more dissatisfied with the Government, and begins to push back against it. On November fourth Evey comes back to visit V at his residence, at which time he takes Evey to the subway train he has prepared for his ultimate revenge on the Government. It is there he hands over the controls that will eventually bring the downfall of the government, and restore freedom back to the British people.