Cameron Bright, David Collier, Ida Martin

Set in the late 21st century, a subculture of humans called Hemophages has emerged who have been genetically modified; giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. To the go...( read more  read more... )vernment's dismay, more and more of the population are being transformed, and they have set out to rid the world of this new subculture that they deem menaces to society. One rogue warrior is bent on protecting her race - and seeking revenge on those who changed her life forever. With fierce fighting skills and chameleon-like abilities, Violet sets out to destroy a government-designed time bomb that will eliminate all Hemophages. To Violet's surprise, the deadline device is a nine-year-old-boy, who was raised in a laboratory and goes by the name of Six.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: Kurt Wimmer

Release Date: March 3, 2006

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DVD Release Date: June 27, 2006

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  • November 5, 2009
    Good but really boring exhausted plot line. Script written with no thought but the special effects are amazing and you must add this to your list if you can watch it as Blu-Ray. The Blu-ray version is hot!
  • July 22, 2009
    Not bad. milla jovovich was ok in this
  • August 19, 2008
    This is quite possibly the worst high budget movie ever. There is little character depth, and to make up for a poor shallow plot the makers of the movies made long elaborate fight scenes. Seemed as though they were trying to conjur up the kill bill memories. The only difference ...( read more)was Kill Bill had a mortal, human character who could die. Violet is a vampire who kills what appear to be thousands of well trained gaurds. Set in the future, it was unclear what the lead character was, a super human phenom? a genetically constructed being? an experiment by the miliary? a robot?.. No she is a vampire. I didn't know that for 30-45 minutes. In such a futuristic society why are the military, and the governing police force still using kitana like swords? I'll tell you why to cash in on the Japanese fighting craze which took place the year this film was released. This movie also featured that annoying kid who sits there with this blank look on face, you know he acts as the kid with a blank look on his face in all the movies... This movie is just a gong show.
  • August 2, 2008
    "Hello. My name is Violet and I was born into a world you may not understand."


    Ultraviolet is high-concept, visually spectacular science fiction movie...it is also a criminal waste of both time and talent. Audiences may remember director Kurt Wimmer's initial

    ...( read more)success with the film Equilibrium. That was a highly impressive, taut action movie with an underlying message regarding the cost of being human. The established fans of Wimmer probably aimed their expectations unfathomably high when Ultraviolet was announced. Could this be another massive cult hit like The Matrix? Unfortunately, the emphatic answer is NO! It's difficult to describe all things that went wrong, as the answer is pretty much everything. The film is so dreadful, in fact, that finding the positives would prove so hard and stating the negatives is virtually redundant.

    Critics and audiences alike expressed their hatred for Ultraviolet and after watching the film with high hopes, I can see why. Practically everything on show here is below average - it features an incompetent script, terrible acting, bleak directing that never generates a moment of engagement, and the entire film doesn't make a lick of sense as the exposition is drowned out by the action.

    The film's setting reflects that of 2005's Aeon Flux and the plot is essentially identical. Human society has been decimated by a holocaust caused by biological warfare gone wrong. The objective of the research was to create super-soldiers with superhuman abilities...instead this materialises into a destructive virus. Said virus infects humans and transforms them into Hemophages - a sub-species with enhanced physical aptitude and vampire characteristics. Violet (Jovovich) is an infected woman battling the totalitarian dictator who is determined to wipe out her species at any cost. She steals the recently developed secret weapon...and discovers that this weapon is in fact a young boy named Six (Bright) who encompasses valuable antigens. With Violet's species wanting to eliminate Six, and the government desiring for Six's return to their facilities...let the mayhem commence.

    The Hemophages are not vampires as some have said, and Ultraviolet is not a vampire movie. The species possess a few characteristics of the vampires - like teeth and sensitivity to bright light - but they don't suck blood and sleep in coffins. It's a shame, though, because that'd be something far more interesting than this.

    Ultraviolet is dumb, big, loud and overblown. The sometimes impressive and colourful visuals are never grounded in any degree of credibility. Worse yet, there's no heart behind anything. The action scenes are entertaining for sure; however never are they riveting, and never is there any point! Precious little exposition means we're travelling from one needless action scene to the next. By the film's conclusion you'll be scratching your head with confusion. There is no meaningful narrative - setting up the plot is restricted to a few minutes of an excruciating voiceover. Considering the bad dialogue we do have, maybe it was for the best that it's kept to a minimum.

    Worse yet, the action is awkwardly shot and stultifyingly repetitive. The overabundance of corny visual effects makes the action inscrutable. Occasionally it is entertaining and fun to watch...but not past the first 5 minutes. The use of swords mirrors Kill Bill in a sense. But here the action is seriously lacking blood. It's sanitary to extremes, ergo growing tiresome very quickly. And when the characters begin talking, they're twisting their tongues around dialogue so unswervingly awful it sounds like a feebly translated dub track.

    The CGI is sub-par as well. Apparently it was to give the impression of a comic book, but this fails badly. Sometimes I honestly thought the CGI was a joke. The characters are also atom-thin, with acting that makes the proceedings seem like a corny melodrama. So neither the action, visuals, nor dialogue redeem this putrid mess! I will admit that the first 10 minutes did have me mildly interested and it saved the film from complete disaster. Things only go downhill from there. Wimmer's lens contains as much style as a monkey with a paint brush...and most shots resemble a poor man's video game.
  • July 15, 2008
    I loathe this trend of mindless hong kong style dystopian action flicks generated after that trash called 'The matrix'. Unbearable.
  • November 16, 2009
    I like it, I really do. Maybe because it's different(and I like movies whose distinctive) or maybe because of the good Sci-Fi storyline I don't know, but what I do know is that it's good. (if I really have to say something less good about it, it would be that I really didn't unde...( read more)rstand why day had to be on that playground when 6 was dying, but I love mysteries so.. not that I likek't that 6 was dying, but that was part of the story,) see the movie than you'll understand what I mean(I hope.)
  • November 5, 2009
    A completely new type of vampire stories.
  • November 4, 2009
    Shot in a very pop culture-esque style, Ultraviolet embodies alot of what a sci-fi graphic novel has to offer. Honestly the movie wasn't that great, but for what I believe the director was going for, he nailed it. This movie is what it is, comic book style, non-stop violence with...( read more) more kills than the newest Rambo movie. I wouldn't recommend it to my friends because I have a feeling they'd be bored but if what you like is what I described, then give it a view.
  • November 4, 2009
    churrumais sin limoncito!
    Muy bonita la Jovovich... (aunque este plana), pero la pelicula no tiene NADA (ni historia, ni buenos FX... ni nada)
  • November 2, 2009
    Add to the ''what the hell did I just watch?!'' list. Ultraviolet is jam-packed with awful line deliveries, canny special effects, chopped to hell editing and most of all, dreadful plotting. Wimmer's take on the female superhero genre is practically unwatchable as a straight-up c...( read more)omic book movie, but it nevertheless does provide some fun when viewed as drunken late-night mockery.

Critic Reviews


March 3, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Ultraviolet is nice to gaze at but otherwise simplistic, senseless, and eminently skippable. full review

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  • AsianNorthOfThailandGeneration
    March 21, 2009
    glittering rock


    " A lot of effected actions on the filmed . & also excitings with 'em fought . You know so fantastics . Have you watch it? "
  • ainirani85
    January 21, 2009
    I LIKE THIS MOVIE COZ THE SUPERHERO IS A LADY....
    LADY'S ALSO CAN BE A HERO IN FILM....
  • thedoctor2k7
    October 14, 2008
    luced it so much it's better then kill bill
  • LouiseLesleey
    August 18, 2008
    I see some people saying they don't like it because of the lack of story but I think it was intended.

    I love how this film knows it will have a complete BS storyline and script but the action is golden and that seems the point of the film to me.

    I just ignore the story mostly, haha.

    <3
  • Aritosgold
    December 17, 2007
    It was good ---But could of been Better^^
  • nbhatti3000
    November 20, 2007
    one girl can kill so many people with sword in advanced time lol who is fool we or they lol?
  • xscreemingloudx
    November 16, 2007
    Lurve this film but i've watched it too many times =]
  • vampirelover17
    October 12, 2007
    i think this was a great movie. ive watched it 11 times already
  • woodyallenstuntdouble
    August 20, 2007
    Stealing ideas from every popular sci-fi film in the last 5 years - from Blade to Minority Report and regurgitating them all badly, this film is awful. It always amazes me that a room full of men at some point watched this and decided it was good. And then released it. Astonishing.
  • ALISON1900US
    March 15, 2007
    she is the best

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