Set in a futuristic totalitarian Britian, where a young working-class woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) is rescued by a masked vigilante known only as "V" (Hugo Weaving), who urges his fellow citizens to rise up against their tyrannical government, who have oppressed them into compliance. When Evey discovers the truth about V's mysterious past, she becomes his ally in a plan to start a revolution, that will begin on November 5th.