The film version of V for Vendetta (2006) shifted from the political climate from the Thatcherette era present in the graphic novel to more modern day issues based around the Bush administration in America (Ott, 2010).  Because of this change in political focus, the Wachowskis have created a film that is very much a political adaptation when considered under the types of adaptations outlined by Rachel Malchow (2001).

The policies and war on terrorism that dominated Bush's time in office include issues of the nature of terrorism, questioning who the bad guy really is, and the moral implications behind those questions and ideals. Director James McTeigue confirmed these concepts use in the film, discussing how society reacts to being ruled by the government and how that related to the political climate at the time the film was made (in Ott, 2010).  

Since the main storyline takes place in the future, the film was able to pose ideas about how political issues addressed in the story, and which were concerns at the time of the film's creation, might lead the world to rebel and view terrorism in a different light.  This concept, which the audience experiences through the character of V and his relationship with and influence upon the character of Evey, is where the Wachowskis ask their viewers to work and form an opinion by correlating fiction with reality.