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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
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 03 March, 2006 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sony Pictures |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Movie, Science Fiction |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396153752 |
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Customer Reviews of Ultraviolet (Unrated, Extended Cut)
Wimmer Wanes When Kurt Wimmer wrote and directed "Equilibrium," he managed to make a wonderful, lower-budget sci-fi flick that had a great story, plenty of action, and solid performances from actors such as the wonderful Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Taye Diggs, and Emily Watson. When Wimmer cranked out "Ultraviolet," he was given a larger budget, an established action star in Milla Jovovich, and a really creepy kid who is perfect at playing a creepy kid (Cameron Bright). So what does he do with these seemingly win-win elements? He goes heavy, VERY heavy, on the action, heavy on the CGI, and tosses the actual acting performances to the wayside. <
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>Jovovich, Bright, and underrated character actor William Fichtner (also of "Equilibrium"), have absolutely nothing to work with in this story. The reed-thin plot is based around Violet (Jovovich), a hemophage who's out to capture a weapon that can supposedly eliminate her kind on Earth. It seems that every disease in the universe has been wiped out except for one that makes its victims look and act like vampires. After capturing the weapon, however, Violet begins to question the motives of both her allies and her enemies and all of it sort of smashes along at breakneck speed until there is no one left to kill on the screen. <
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>This film wreaks of echoes of "Equilibrium." From the armed soldiers who explode into powdery shards to the clean white uniforms worn by Violet and others in the flick, it seems as if Wimmer took what he felt were the coolest parts of his cult hit and threw it into this film hoping to cash in on it once again. Even the gun-kata is tossed in! <
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>Visually, this is like a video game gone awry. There's enough eye candy here to send you into fits. Bright colors everywhere, chameleon-like outfit changes by Violet, and weapons that appear out of the air. Wimmer unloaded his bag of visual tricks on this one. <
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>There is plenty of action here. If that's your bag, you'll be right at home with "Ultraviolet." However, if you enjoy an actual storyline to go along with the explosions and swordplay, I'd suggest you buy "Equilibrium" and leave "Ultraviolet" as a rental only. <
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>Not really recommended, unless you really enjoy action and nothing else.
ultracool!
It is a good sci fi action movie to watch. it wont win awards,but it is still a movie to atleast rent.
Mildly entertaining
I felt that this movie relied too much on the CGI and the BS factor is extremely high but it was mildy entertaining and the time passed quickly. Milla is gorgeous, as she is in everything, but aside from one buttock shot and a bare middrif, there is no skin. At least with The Fifth Element we got a little nipple!