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V For Vendetta Movie Review Essay

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V for Vendetta Review Movie title : V for Vendetta Initial release : February 23, 2006 (Finland) Time : 132 minutes Genre : Action, Drama, and Science Fiction Director : James McTeigue Producer : Joel Silver Larry Wachowski Andy Wachowski Grant Hill Starring : Natalie Portman Hugo Weaving Stephen Rea John Rack, etc. This movie told us regarding the London revolution in 22nd century under totalitarian regime who is led by Adam Sutler. Several who calls his self as V who always use a mask of Guy Fawkes start the terror to the government and invites all citizens in London to join with him create a revolution. In the night when V met with Evey as an officer in a TV station who break the curfew, he executes the first …show more content…

Indeed, terrorism is not the best way to establish revolution in a state. I opine demonstration is preferable solution than terrorism. Demonstration here means, a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on a political issue. To establish a revolution under totalitarian by using a diplomacy is impossible. And the way to establish a revolution under totalitarian is by using demonstration. Even Indonesia did in Soeharto’s period. Indonesia did demonstration to build revolution. Why demonstration is preferable than a terrorism? As if we use terrorism as the way to build a revolution will enact a conflict more complicated. Such as in the United State (US) concerning World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001. WTC became a target of a massive terrorist attack that took the lives of nearly 3,000 people. It made US announced to all countries around the world to fight terrorism. Thru that issue, it made some organizations in the world almost be broken. The example is Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Issue which was announced by US to fight terrorism made some countries in ASEAN opine that some of their members was the “nest” of

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