Apparently the "V For Vendetta" movie makes it perfectly clear that the war in Iraq is what sets England down the path towards becoming a totalitarian state (as opposed to a nuclear conflict in the book). Additionally they use actual TV footage of the recent London subway bombings. If the movie is actually any good it will be incredibly intense just for the level of creepy bringing current events, current events we don't even really know how to deal with, into the picture. The studio wants them to make the movie less "pro-terrorist," although given that the protagonist is, you know, a terrorist, I'm not sure how possible that is. Either way, I'm excited to see it. Now if they'd only take the Matrix effect off those flying knives...