Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

bowmanblue 'Ultraviolet' is an odd film to describe. Many would probably just say 'rubbish,' but I think that's a little harsh (just a little, though). I read that the studio didn't like the final cut and re-edited it from two hours to less than ninety minutes. This – apparently – made it more 'action orientated,' taking out the emotion and storytelling aspects of the tale. The tale. It's set in the future during a war between humans and vampires (although they're called 'hemo-phages' or something).Mila Jovovich plays the titular character who's a vampire (I'm just going to call them vampires from now on), intent on stopping the 'evil' humans from wiping her kind out. However, when she's ordered to kill a child, crucial to the wicked humans' plans, she refuses and turns on... well, pretty much everyone.It's never really explained how Violet gets her – borderline superhuman – powers. She seems to find it pretty easy to wipe out huge armies of armed soldiers without breaking sweat. She just does. It's things like this, not to mention a few blatantly humorous lines, that make me wonder whether this film was supposed to be a bit 'tongue-in-cheek.' However, there's not enough humour in it to really show that it's supposed to not be taken seriously. For the most part it's played straight, forcing you to suspend your disbelief more than you ever have in order to believe what's happening before your eyes.But it's not all bad. Despite the new Playstation 2 special effects (seriously... some of the backdrops look like they're straight out of a computer game's 'cut scenes'), the sets are actually quite well-designed and colourful. It certainly does have its own 'look' and is quite atmospheric when it's at its best.I wonder whether Ultraviolet was supposed to be the start of some sort of franchise that never took off – something like the Resident Evil or Underworld series. Basically, it could have been at least fun, if it knew what it was. But the plot is just 'tell not show.' The characters say things that are blatantly there to just let us – the audience – know what's happening. The fight scenes are cool and Milla is possibly even sexier than ever. So, if all you're looking for is hot girls killing hordes of bad-guys then you'll find what you're looking for here. Anything deeper and you'll be left wanting more. Much, much more.

bigtbatman I'm not agree with most of the reviews about this movie..i liked it...OK... so the special effects are a bit a bit adventurous in the beginning with the motorcycles scenes...and for such a visual film they were lacking..but the rest of it looks great...the plot i thought revealed itself well...MB some didn't watch enough to get it...personally i don't like films that give it all away in the beginning...its really all about violet ..her journey...and then the story revolves around that...but its entertaining...its not gory like kill bill...which kinda takes away from the realism of the fight scenes ...its not perfect ...but its not bad either...and these days with all the woman superheroes it equates itself OK

nicovandenbergh-760-269928 Right from the start, I liked this film! First of all, the illustrations at the beginning have the quality of DC 's "Batman - The Dark Knight" by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson. The atmosphere reminds me a bit of "Sin City". The action and martial arts scenes are a combination of "The Matrix" and "Equilibrium" (gunkata)! Obviously, this being a Milla Jovovich film, also means that she frequently changes her outfit. Apparently, all this combined inspired the makers to step up a little on the special effects. In any of the above-mentioned films, that might have looked over the top or even ridiculous, but in this film I liked it! I would easily have given this film a higher mark, if the storyline had been less predictable.

jt1801 This may take the cake as being the worst movie I have ever watched in my entire life. The plot was stupid, there was no character development, and the awful special effects made my eyes hurt! Everything about this film was stupid and unrealistic. One woman taking down an army of 700+ guards because they all just have really bad aim? She apparently has no real weakness and is just an unstoppable force because the people who made this movie couldn't think of any real character traits to go off of and were just trying to make her look like a bad-ass. And the idea of the movie is stupid too. The society is supposed to be extremely advanced; they can make weapons magically materialize in their hands but still use faulty rubber gloves to handle deadly disease. Okay.Don't waste your time with this film.