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Perhaps the most enduring statement made in "V For Vendetta", the new action film from the creator's of "The Matrix", is that artists use lies in order to tell the truth. Deeply entrenched with political undertones told through a cleverly thought out parable "V For Vendetta" is a captivating piece of fiction that rings inherently true in a time of war, conservative politics, and terrorism.

In the film's "uncompromising vision of the future" America has fallen to the status of a third world country and Britain has regained its dominance as the leading world power, but not without a heavy price. A totalitarian government has exercised its dominance through fear of the deadly viruses and violence that is decimating the remaining superpowers. Quickly though it is revealed that something is inherently wrong, it is a place ruled by curfews, censorship, and corrupt politicians.

One revolutionary has the foresight and is teeming with motivation of a vendetta to attempt a radical overthrow. Disguised in a Guy Faux mask, a man only known as V, takes London by storm as he destroys a significant government landmark when the bells chime November 5th. Ironically this is the anniversary of the attempt by the real Guy Faux in 1605 to blow up Parliament. The explosion is just the beginning of a much greater plan, one which is revealed in an action packed invasion of the government's television airwaves. One year after these events he invites all the citizens of London to march on Parliament and finish what Faux had started, destroying the building which stands for the corruption of the current regime.

Of course somewhere along the way there is a bald Natalie Portman, something which earned the film an incredible amount of notoriety, who gets entangled in the web of anarchy V spins. Her performance as Evey is almost Hitchcockian in the sense that she is a classic example of a character caught in the middle of something far greater. The revelations and secrets Portman's character uncovers throughout the film are played out in an incredibly powerful and moving manor, a testament to her acting ability. Some of the best scenes in the film are the quieter moments of her time spent under interrogation. Her strong willed determination to protect V is vehemently stirring, so much so that we can understand her frustrations and pain when the final veils of the government's secrets are pulled right before her eyes.

Perhaps the greatest performance in a film filled with brilliantly talented

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