Ultraviolet

Plot synopsis:
In the mid-21st century, the Hemaglophagic virus (HGV), an obscure virus
from Eastern Europe which was being used to breed stronger and faster soldiers,
escaped the laboratory. Once infected, people have a lifespan of about 12
years, but first they are reduced to "hemophages" (aka "vampires"). They take on many characteristics including extended eyeteeth, regeneration, accelerated reflexes and increased strength.
One of the victims is Violet Song jat Shariff [Milla Jovovich]. Because she was infected
while pregnant, Violet was secured to a holding camp to be studied. Most of the
other hemophages have been wiped out, thanks to the actions of Vice cardinal
Ferdinand Daxus [Nick Chinlund], who is determined to wipe out every last hemophage. But the
hemophages aren't going to be led like sheep to their slaughter. Hemophages
have united, and their resistance and terrorist attacks have become known as
"the Blood War."It is 12 years later. The scientists terminated Violet's pregnancy, and
she has managed to escape the camp and join the Hemophage Underground. After
infiltrating the Archministry by posing as courier XPD154, Violet finds herself
in possession of a case that contains the ultimate weapon against Hemophages,
one that will wipe out the entire hemophagic population. When ordered by her
Hemophagic superior, Nerva [Sebastien Andrieu], to destroy the case without opening it, which will
set off a bomb that will destroy everything a block around, Violet refuses to
comply and opens the case to discover it contains a child. It is both a weapon
and a child, she is told. The child contains antigens that will wipe out all
existing Hemophages. What is Violet to do...destroy the weapon or protect the
child?The child is a ten-year human named Six [Cameron Bright], because he is a clone of eight.
He has been raised all his life in a laboratory and knows very little about
life outside. Violet takes Six to be examined by her Hemophagic friend Garth [William Fichtner],
who learns that Six has only eight hours to live and that he is outfitted with
a tracking device, so Violet must keep moving lest Daxus catches up with her.
Unfortunately, Nerva has made a deal with Daxus and learned that Six doesn't
contain an antigen against Hemophagia but against the entire human race, so
Nerva seizes Six with the idea of using him against the humans. Violet sets Six
free again. In the time they have left before Six dies, Violet takes him to the
park. When the time comes, Violet is at his side, but Daxus and his henchmen
show up to claim the body and kill Violet.Fortunately for Violet, Garth manages to retrieve her body before Daxus's
incendiary team can destroy it. After several hours of surgery, Garth is able
to bring Violet back to life. Violet goes into a deep depression but recovers
when she senses that Six is not dead and that he needs her help to get away
from Daxus. Violet storms the Archministry just as Daxus is about to saw into
Six's brain. Violet single-handedly wipes out everyone in the Archministry
except for Daxus. As they face each other, Daxus tells Violet the truth about
himself...he is actually a Hemophage, too. Violet defeats him with a flame pistol and her sword.Epilogue: Violet carries Six to the roof and reawakens him. Six is surprised to
still be alive; a flashback reveals one of Violet's tears at the park protected him from dying by giving him immunity to what was killing him. He tells Violet that there is a cure for Hemophagia.

Tags: cult, stupid, atmospheric, violence, romantic

Review:
Having watched the regular release version I was somewhat confused as to what was going on, though I was able to surmise the base elements of the plot, but when I saw the uncut version with the scenes left in, things made a lot more sense.The plot seems a bit obscure at first; unless you're sharp, you're not going to be able to follow it.
It is more than it doesn't really follow through on anything or do anything that well and the result is a rather messy and inconsequential film that I really struggled to feel anything strong about whatsoever  not a sense of fun, excitement, interesting or even hate.The plot is the first obstacle to get over as it exists in a world that, as Violet first says, is hard to understand.
On one hand it is a comic book movie with excessive action and loads of (rather obvious) CGI but on the other we get loads of heavy moments that just clunk their way across the screen.It could have gone either way and have been better for it.
Chinlund at least has the good taste to furiously ham it up; maybe it is because he is a ham or maybe it was a decision but either way at least he has a bit of fun and his character never gets sucked into being dry and serious like the rest of the film (he's still not great though).Overall, not as bad as some would have you believe but certainly no earthly good either.
The action which is why I saw the movie suffered from repetition: from the characters, to the setups (Violet is being attacked when she is out-numbered), to the moves, unnecessary sword fighting when they have guns with bullets, unnecessarily repetitive situations (big circle everyone attacks at once and violet wins with ease no challenging battle), and a lack of depth.
It will have a tough time trying to stand out when people will inevitably compare it to HUGE movies like Crouching Tiger, The Matrix, Kill Bill, Underworld, etc.Let's remember that Ultraviolet had a relatively small budget, and yet it did quite a bit with it.
The problem is in the lack of emotional attachment to the characters, the odd choice and delivery of lines (although you can't deny how great the "It is on." line is), and the strange dream-like stuff it goes into at times.A lot of the themes in this movie are very fleeting, maybe because they've just been done so often, they need no emphasis.
It's certainly a very nice departure from the typical and BORING space station/stainless steel/green look of modern sci-fi.The action is kick-ass, applause-worthy at times...although I'll admit that I've seen a bit better from similarly-budgeted movies ("Versus" comes to mind).
They could've had some more variety to it (like maybe some better/badder foes), but considering who and what they were working with, I think they did a good job.Another big strength of the movie is the very cool concepts.
While certainly not Oscar-winning material, most people apparently were expecting some kind of cinematic masterpiece rather than what they got, an over-the-top comic book-like action set piece with a modicum of plot to tie together the action sequences.The gunkata sequences, closer to Wimmer's original idea of the form, do not approach the stark and yet orgiastic death-art of Equilibrium, but they're fun all the same.
Milla Jovovich herself manages to use a two-dimensional role to display probably the most range I've ever seen her give outside of "The Messenger", and she was certainly much more attractive in this movie than in any of the others I've ever watched her in.
What I liked was the fact I went for a cheesy, mass-action, campy, comic-book/video game movie.
The story is quirky enough to be interesting and some of the backdrops look good.The problem is, Ultraviolet neither makes sense nor holds together as a film.
Information has been exposed that writer/director Kurt Wimmer's vision of the film was cut by the studio by over 30 minutes, 30 minutes that are actually very important to the story, characters and action.
They bark with cute little "yip yips!", and then Mila takes some time to coddle and coo over them while the movie continues in the background.She does her best to try to remember what the director told her about each scene and what was going on.
I had hopes for this movie based on the trailer, but it turned out to be one of the worst I've ever seen.The special effects range from mediocre to kinda cool, but the plot is too sketchy and absurd to justify their existence.
By the time the heroine met the villain in their final showdown, the audience in my theater was laughing out loud.If you appreciate Milla Jovovich's body, it might be possible to enjoy this film by renting the DVD and watching it with the sound off and your techno MP3 collection blaring in the background while you do something productive, like picking the gunk out from beneath your toenails.
I don't know what people expect when they go to watch a film these days.I wont say UV is bad or good.
And I believe thats what they wanted to make in the first place, an original COMIC BOOK MOVIE.Its just a shame they cut 30 mins of the plot and the movie looks like a big plot hole to everybody, cause if these weren't cut, everything would make perfect sense, and each extraordinary thing you see on the screen would be clearly justified.
Same with the fast cuts in the action, thats again someone else's mess definitely not wimmer's.This movie had so much potential, and it would be unfair to only blame wimmer for it's major flaws.Even with this cut, I enjoyed it, it was fun, bright, with vivid colors had something original about it, that people cant just at least admit.
Okay, there were parts of the story that were a little clique, but hey, they same can be said about almost any sci-fi action movie, just look at Minority Report, cool for its time but straight out of a novel, with little colour or depth.
Not that I dislike Toy Story, but the point is, the CGI graphics in it should NOT be combined with live action.I can't go on...this movie was the worst thing I've ever seen.it is worse than Plan 9 from outerspace.For the love of ALL that is holy, do NOT see it..
My opinion is that this movie is a very good adaption of a graphic novel that contains a lot of action and special effect scenes.
I like this movie not only because the special effects and the fast action but also because of the camera-work.
I just wish they patched up the movie more.Equalibrium was great, I thought His script writing would be more better.Other than that the fighting scenes were amazing they obviously spent a lot of time choreographing the fights.
* out of 5 stars, watch this movie if you want great action or if your a Milla fan..
Ultraviolet features some of the most incredible action sequences on film, some of the best comic book style cinematography, a kick ass score and a diva licious performance from Jovovich.
I liked similar movies (e.g. Transporter, Underworld, and Resident Evil), even though the acting was often lacking and some action scenes were too unbelievable to be real.
Worth mentioning is that many people in the audience left early into the movie (accurately sensing that the rest was going to be just as bad as what they'd already seen).
Here are some not-so-good things to be said about the movie: really bad acting, confusing plot, really cheesy moments at the most awkward times, unbelievable action sequences (even more so than Transporter 2), incoherent screen shot sequences, lame one-liners, and (at times) sappy music.
I haven't seen much movies till I flipped by Ultraviolet and had to see it from the beginning, and i'm glad I did because what a great action-packed sci-fi thriller Ultraviolet turned out to be.
I'm one of the few people who liked the RESIDENT EVIL films, and I was expected an amped up version of what I saw Milla do in the past.
It's nothing new, but it moves quickly, and there are great action scenes ahead.Kurt Wimmer, Mike Smith and Hiro Koda choreographed some very unique action scenes that feature Milla Jovovich doing what Christian Bale did in EQUILIBRIUM just as well, and employing a lot of meleé weapons work and dodging her enemies attacks so that they kill each other instead.
Milla Jovovich is very beautiful, I like action movies, and the time it was playing suited my schedule.I was expecting the movie to be bad because action movies with a female protagonist always are.
Hollywood must think Americans aren't into action-chick movies like this and don't want spend the money/time/effort into making these movies as good as they can be.
I think half of the people giving this film a bad review are doing so because they couldn't understand and make sense of a lot of what they watching..
In the comic Violet always gets into impossible situations against impossible odds with her catch phrase "watch me" and uses her super senses and abilities to destroy and escape, the movie keeps this tradition alive In the film the humans are on the verge of outright victory and have a weapon that when atomised into the atmosphere will kill all haemophages.
But Violet can't standby and watch a child be killed and so becomes the target of all sides.With an uncomplicated plot that won't win any Oscars, this film concentrates on style and action.
No excess wire work here making a mockery of the fight scenes, she's faster and stronger as per the plot, but the scenes are not totally unbelievable, like many stylised hong kong movies, although it does have its moments.
Rent Ultraviolet if you're into movies with hot action scenes and amazing fight sequences because thats what this movie is all about.
but seriously, who would rent a movie like Ultraviolet if thats what they were after.The way Violet does the gun kata from Equilibrium is AMAZING.
Strongly Recommended for SciFi Action fans who liked strong female leads, Underworld, Resident Evil, Aeon Flux etc but with a Nitro BoastProduction Style is more CGI Tashern with a dash of Sky Captain in color & less Sin City with Gothic comic, not as detailed as last the 3 Star Wars Movies.Milla Jovavich is Ultimate SciFi Action VixenDirected by Kurt Wimmer who also wrote and directed the outstanding Equilibrium.
The reason I loved this movie so...is because of the great cinematography.The violence left out the gore that comes with action movies like this.Too much blood to me is distasteful.This movie had little to none.The action sequence with Violet on the motorcycle riding on the buildings was great.I love it when a lot of stuff is going on.Bullets flying, debris everywhere.William Fichtner is great as usual.I also love the emotion that comes from Violet because of her compassion for 6.Well done.Milla Jovovich is excellent in this movie.I would really like to know about the significance of the Cross symbol that was on everything.The coffee cup, The building designed in the shape of the Cross.If there truly is a comic of this...I never read it.
Some of the CGI looks a bit rough and quickly done, giving it a "Tron"-esque feel at times instead of "modern CGI blockbuster", but it's all forgiven when you see the imagination that went into the movie.Not a really heavy plot...very comic-book ish.
In the purest spirit of sci-fi anime, Ultraviolet delivers right down to the expected and unexpected plot twists, camera angles, crazy action and, of course, blades, guns, and overall butt-kicking.Milla Jovovich has got the sexy-and-cocky-but-deadly heroine down packed (Resident Evil anyone?).
go do something with your life and stop whining.Milla is always great-looking in her outfits, I enjoyed the color changes in her costumes, and how she seemed like she was doing martial arts while shooting people.
The first time I watched the movie I liked it, but didn't love it.
i was being put off by some of the bad reviews of ultra violet,and i saw this very recently and i was blown away.i am a big fan of action movies and sci fi and even the really sexy beautiful;Milla Jovovich.who really looks sexy in this comic book based movie about vampires(who are the good guys in this)well sort of.its all tech-no sci fi and lots of butt kicking by miss jovovich.the main bad guy is played by Nick Chinlund.i must say i enjoyed ultra violet.its not a blockbuster and not as violent as the resident evil movies but it is a well made action science fiction movie,and did i mention Milla Jovovich is very sexy.i think she would play a great vampirella if they ever do a remake of the ill fated 1996 made for show-time movie.i recommend ultraviolet.8 out of 10..
I'm a zombie man, myself but this is a lavishly colored, beautiful movie with good special effects and I'm glad I finally took the time to watch it.
If it didn't have Milla in it, I'd have given it a 7 because some of the visual effects didn't work, I've seen more dramatic and more exciting movies and because the soundtrack sounds so much like the soundtrack to Robocop that it seems almost plagerized.
Well, there's not too much I have to say about this movie.Just that I always love movies that look like taken from a comic book (e.g. Sin City) and also that I loved the plot.I've seen many elements of the RoseCroix there, though my knowledge doesn't allow me yet to understand why the evil male character has all these cross-figures at his headquarters.Actually, I'm writing a story that contains all these elements since the RoseCroix is very important in nature.
First off, its the type of movie I hate-form over content, but I loved this film.Simply put, its the commercial/trailer only 90 minutes long.Set in a world where a virus that was genetically altered by the military in order to make super humans, turns into something else and alters anyone infected into something other than human- a "vampire".
Milla Jovovich is an actress I have watched quite a lot and I think she looks very sexy in this movie and she really doesn't seem to talk that much in the movie.
Hope there are others out there like me that enjoyed the film as much as I did.I thought that Milla Jovovich was made for this movie and that no other person could have done it.
To understand a movie like this one, you need to love imagination and action..
The sci-fi concepts were very good.This was meant to be a comic book type of film brought to the movie screen.
In her fight, she founds a human boy, Six, that is able to maintain to the mutants like Violet alive.After all,this is a really boring film that has too much action and can becomes eternal.
first, this isn't your average Hollywood style movie, this is a hollywodized live anime flick, and i've never seen anything like it, color, visuals, set design, details and costumes are sooo cool.
I don't know if this movie has a message, if so, it doesn't quite come across, it's just a well made action flick with a dumb story, a lot of cool over-the-top ideas, especially when it comes to fighting, and okay acting.
If you don't like cgi fight scenes then this movie is not for you, but I thought they were absolutely amazing with creative technology for the weapons.
And not to mention it has Milla Jovovich in it (Best actress ever!!!)The ideas are really good as well like flat space technology, and the anti-gravity belt.I would also recommend the Resident Evil movies...
i was looking forward to this film and i had low expectations because i was disappointed with Elektra(i was looking forward for it too) and i thought this would be a better film just because Mila plays in..overall the movie is confusing but i think it has a point, besides Mila warns us that she was born into a world we might not understand..the action scenes are amazing..especially the scene with Mila on a motorbike..basically i believe the film looks cool because of the cool soundtrack it has(i love it)that's why i bought this film and i have watched many times,i enjoy every fight with Mila holding a gun or sword..it's not bad but not great either..anyway any film with Mila deserves attention!!!!!!!.
The "C" grade acting.Even with those reason I still like this movie for these reasons, I fall for all the amazing Eye Candy this movie has to offer, I think as the plot of more of a "Popcorn Movie" plot and not so much as an epic so when I saw it I went it with an open mind hearing all the bad reviews, and I think all things aside it's a pretty decent flick.While UltraViolet is no Oscar Winning Film, I think it is more of just a movie to be entertained by with its, great looks & cutting style.
I want everyone who likes action movies to at least give this one a try and not to expect anything spectacular.
Ultraviolet's not Equilibrium, (not by a long shot) but it still manages to be a fun good time at the movies.Will it win an Oscar?
Over the years I've developed the ability to find a least one good thing about the majority of bad films I see just to feel like I haven't completely wasted my $10.95.
The movie wastes little time to get into the action.