rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 2006
Directed by Kurt Wimmer; produced by John Baldecchi; written by Kurt Wimmer
Starring Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, Sebastien Andrieu, Ida Martin, William Fichtner
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
'Ultraviolet' takes itself way too serious. The director is Kurt Wimmer who
also made 'Equilibrium'. That film too took itself a little too serious, but
it was well executed and had a very important and nicely delivered message.
This film goes over the top with its visuals, which are not that great to
begin with, drawing all the attention. They don't make a nice film, but as
soon as other elements become important - story, dialogue, acting -
'Ultraviolet' completely falls flat. And then there is that terrible music.
Milla Jovovich is Violet, some kind of vampire, who protects a kid (Cameron
Bright) both from humans and others from her kind, since he may carry the
cure for the vampire-virus. "Vampire" is the nickname infected people have
been given since they show many similarities to real vampires, although
they, of course, do not exist. All this leads up to fighting sequences that
make you appreciate films such as 'The Matrix', 'Croucing Tiger, Hidden
Dragon' and 'Kill Bill'. Jovovich fits this not so good looking world the
right way, but I am not sure whether this is a compliment or an insult.
To be honest I am having hard time believing fans from either Jovovich or
the sci-fi action genre will like 'Ultraviolet'. From start to finish it
comes close to laughable, not exactly what the filmmakers intended. Of
course there will be an audience for this, but I do not know any member of
it.