Product Description: Set in the late 21st century a subculture of humans emerges who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease giving them enhanced speed incredible stamina & acute intelligence. As they are set apart the world is pushed to civil war. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 02/24/2009 Starring: Milla Jovovich Nick Chinlund Run time: 87 minutes Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com: As an overdose of eye candy, Ultraviolet can be marginally recommended as the second-half of a double-feature with Aeon Flux. Both films are disposable adolescent fantasies featuring a butt-kicking babe (in this case, the svelte and sexy Milla Jovovich) in a dystopian future, and both specialize in the kind of barely-coherent, video-game storytelling that's constantly overwhelmed by an over-abundance of low-budget CGI. Director Kurt Wimmer fared much better with his earlier film Equilibrium, but he's trying for a lively comic-book vibe here (beginning with Hulk-like opening credits) with a digitally enhanced, Tron-like color palette. It largely suits this late-21st century story of a "blood war" between the ultra-violent Violet (Jovovich), member of a vampire-like group of resistance fighters infected with a man-made virus called the Hemophage, and the human Vice Cardinal Daxus (Nick Chinlund), who's determined to eliminate Violet's kind once and for all. Wimmer takes all of this way too seriously, crafting a plot involving Violet's rescue of a human clone boy (Cameron Bright) that's intended as an homage to John Cassevetes' 1980 drama Gloria, but Wimmer's good intentions are mostly lost in a repetitive series of chaotically choreographed fight scenes, mostly involving the tight-bodied Jovovich wiping out dozens of armor-clad enemies. It's all too numbingly hectic to qualify as a satisfying movie, but sci-fi buffs should give it a look anyway, if only to see how locations in Shanghai and Hong Kong contribute to the film's futuristic design.--Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - 2 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
Slightly redeemed only by the fact that the director's tongue is in his cheek for most of the movie (I hope), Ultraviolet is a thoroughly unimpressive sci-fi action movie ... Read More
Rating: - Unexpected Brilliancy - Extraordinary Virtuoso Performance by Milla Jovovich
I see that this movie is being compared with Aeon Flux - wrongly in my opinion, because "Ultraviolet" shows what can be done when you allow a real actress to do her work without interference, unlike the ... Read More
Rating: - Looks good on blu-ray
First time I watched this movie it didnt make a whole lot of sense to me. I gave it another shot and it turned out to be a killer story and movie. Give it a chance and it will grow on you.
Rating: - ULTRAVIOLET BLU-RAY
Ultraviolet [Blu-ray] ALL I AM GOING TO SAY IS THAT THE ACTION IS OUTSTANDING AND I LOVE MILLA JOVOVICH. SHE CAN HURT ME ANYTIME, ANYHOW, ANYWHERE. I AM THERE.
Rating: - It's a comic book movie.
Wow, what a straight across the board mix of reviews. I liked it to begin with, but once I watched the making of it, as well as Milla's narrative throughout the entire movie (which is such a great option) ... Read More
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- 2 stars out of 4
- Unexpected Brilliancy - Extraordinary Virtuoso Performance by Milla Jovovich
- Looks good on blu-ray