Graphic Novel vs Movie

Despite the fact that the movie is very similar to the graphic novel, there are many differences between them. We thought that it would be interesting to compare those two creations. That is why we have listed some differences we have found ourselves and in different websites.




               The graphic novel                                            The movie

The leader of the Norsefire party is Adam Susan. He runs England with an iron fist and the assistance of a supercomputer known as Fate, whom he is secretly in love with.

The leader is named Adam Sutler.  There is no computer.

The fascist government is elected legally and kept in power through the general apathy of the public.

The "St. Mary's virus," a biological  weapon engineered and released by the  Norsefire party as a means of clandestinely  gaining control over their own country.

Both sides do bad things. The government as well as V are violent.

It is more good guys (V) versus bad guys  (government).

V removes his mask voluntarily and shows Surridge his face before she dies.

No one ever sees his face.

Evey is 15 years old and very naive.

She is a young woman in her twenties and is  not naive.

Evey tries to prostitute herself for money, but solicits a Fingermen who wants to rape her as punishment. V saves her and takes her to watch the destruction of the Houses of Parliament.

Evey works for a TV station and is out after  curfew. She is spotted by the Fingermen and  V rescues her. He takes her to watch the  destruction of the Old Bailey.

After saving Evey from the Fingerman, he takes her back to his hideout.

He releases her, and then takes her to the  Shadow Gallery after she is knocked  unconscious while helping him escape from the  TV studio.

Lewis Prothero is called "The Voice of Fate" on his radio show.

He is called "The Voice of London" on his TV show.

V stops a train carrying Prothero and kidnaps him. He is driven insane by a combination of an overdose of Batch 5 drugs and the shock of seeing his prized doll collection burned in a mock recreation of Camp Larkhill in V's headquarters. He remains incapacitated for the rest of the story.

V goes to his house and kills him by lethal injection

Gordon is a criminal who hides Evey and has sex with her. He is murdered by a gangster.

Gordon is Evey's boss at the TV station. He is  gay. The government takes him and executes  him for having a copy of the Quran.

V was given a drug called "Batch 5" while at Larkhill that gave him super strength and agility.

There is no mention of him taking Batch 5

The year is 1997 and the world has suffered through nuclear war.

It is 2020 and there was no nuclear blast, but  Environmental issues.

Fitch goes to Larkhill and takes LSD to get into the mind of V.

He visits Larkhill, but doesn't take any drugs.

The Leader, Adam Susan is assassinated by Rosemary Almond during a parade.

Creedy produces and kills Sutler in exchange  for V's surrender and to supplant Sutler as the  leader of Norsefire.

Finch fatally shoots V, who dies in Evey's arms.

V stages an amazing battle and defeats a  dozen men with guns using only his signature  knives. He is, however, mortally wounded in the fight, and makes it back to Evey only to die  in her arms

The Prime Minister's residence is the target of V's Viking Funeral. Evey puts his body on board the train with explosives. She then assumes the role of V, wearing his costume and mask.

The Houses of Parliament are destroyed with V  on the train, and Britain is left to ponder its  future as thousands of people dressed in V's  masks and cloaks watch the flames.

(We were inspired by this website : http://thatwasnotinthebook.com/diff/v_for_vendetta_graphic_novel_1982_vs_v_for_vendetta_movie_2006/1#diffPage )