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Ultraviolet

Cameron Bright, David Collier, Ida Martin, Jennifer Caputo, Milla Jovovich

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 gov...( read more  read more... )ernment'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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  • SirPant
    December 9, 2009
    SirPant
    "Hello. My name is Violet and I was born into a world you may not understand." That's a fucking understatement! I'm guessing the budget was tight though eh, still, must have saved a bit by not hiring a writer. Ultraviolet is an odd film, it looks like a bad video-game and has a ...( read more)storyline to match. The script is awful, although there are some hilarious moments (Are you mental?) and the effects are just headache inducing. It biggest flaw is it's lack of character development and the most unbelievable part of this SGI film is the relationship between Violet and 6. It's not 'So bad it's good' either but I can't help but think it's going to become a cult classic. Laughable but not hate-able.
  • rezpatriot
    November 5, 2009
    rezpatriot
    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!
  • henriksedin
    July 22, 2009
    henriksedin
    Not bad. milla jovovich was ok in this
  • brandonmachew
    August 19, 2008
    brandonmachew
    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.
  • PvtCaboose91
    August 2, 2008
    PvtCaboose91
    "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.
  • ghosttrigger
    December 29, 2009
    ghosttrigger
    Sweet effect and camera angles, but lame story line, it really needed improvement
  • djvintiger
    December 22, 2009
    djvintiger
    The heroine is very cool and beautiful. The effects is average and the story line is difficult to understand.
  • ari230387
    December 21, 2009
    ari230387
    efek yang bagus, paling suka security cek pertama kali film ini dimulai. keren!
  • eifersucht
    December 20, 2009
    eifersucht
    Great costumes, lame theme.
  • eryri
    December 20, 2009
    eryri
    Ultraviolet is a bit of a mess and a no-brainer. I can't fault the filmmakers for trying to do something different with the chase sequence at the beginning which is like out of Tron but the storyline is confusing and ludricous. Dialogue is banal with too much technobabble and the...( read more) fight sequences way over the top. Can't even imagine what the body count is in this movie - very high.

    A shame as Milla Jovovich looks cool and stunning but she was let down by the terrible script.
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