SUBMITTED BY Fred Hill

October 20, 2005 —

No big surprise here but the MPAA gave V for Vendetta a R rating for strong violence and some language.

MPAA's Classification and Rating Administration has given Warner Bros. Pictures' V For Vendetta an R rating for strong violence and some language.

Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, the film tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked vigilante (Hugo Weaving) known only as "V." Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he detonates two London landmarks and takes over the government-controlled airwaves, urging his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression...

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