Ultraviolet (2006)

Director:

Kurt Wimmer

Writer (WGA):

Kurt Wimmer (written by)

Release Date:

3 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Blood War is On

Plot:

A beautiful hemophage infected with a virus that gives her superhuman powers has to protect a boy in a futuristic world, who is thought to be carrying antigens that would destroy all hemophages.

Plot Keywords:

Disease | Speed | Vampire | Hemophagia | Stamina

Cast

Milla Jovovich	...	Violet
Cameron Bright	...	Six
Nick Chinlund	...	Daxus
Sebastien Andrieu	...	Nerva
Ida Martin	...	Young Violet
William Fichtner	...	Garth
David Collier	...	BF-1
Kieran O'Rorke	...	Detective Cross
Digger Mesch	...	Detective Endera
Ryan Martin	...	Detective Breeder
Steven Calcote	...	Young Daxus
Ricardo Mamood-Vega	...	Violet's Husband (as Ricardo Mamood)
Mike Smith	...	Hospital Hemophage
Clay Cullen	...	Rebel Hemophage
Jennifer Caputo	...	Elizabeth P. Watkins

Also Known As:

Ультрафиолет (Russia) [ru]
Supergirl4 (India: Tamil title) (dubbed version) [ta]
Ultraviola (Hungary) [hu]
Ultraviolet (France) [fr]
Ultraviolet (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Ultravioleta (Brazil) [pt]
Ultravioleta (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Ultraviolette (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violent action throughout, partial nudity and language.

Runtime:

88 min | USA:94 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | UK:15 | Sweden:11 | Malaysia:18SG | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Brazil:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Ireland:15A | Germany:12 | France:Unrated | Canada:PG | Finland:K-11 | Argentina:13 | Iceland:12 | Norway:11 | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Screen Gems

Trivia:

In the theatrical trailer, when Daxus punches Violet's hologram, the gun he is holding has been digitally removed from the scene (it's there in the movie).

Goofs:

Continuity: After Violet leaves Six to be captured by soldiers, she walks away pushing people who all seem to walk the opposite way. Then she changes her mind, kneels and turns back but again she has to push people aside as everyone is now walking the other way around.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Violet: Hello. My name is Violet and I was born into a world you may not understand.

Movie Connections:

References Resident Evil (2002)

Hot body, not much else going on

Ultraviolet was embarrassingly terrible on so many levels. My husband and I usually really dig the comic book and action movies, so I think that our expectations were reasonable for the genre. The kinds of movies that Ultraviolet tried to channel were X-Men, The Matrix and Underworld. Unfortunately, this movie failed to do so.

1) Dialogue was laughably bad. One of Milla's lines was actually "Because these beautiful moments turn evil when they're over." What?? This was regarding a romantic pass made at her. Totally incongruous with the setting. 2) Excessive use of CGI is a personal irritant. Additionally, the motorcycle chase scenes were only one step above TRON. I might as well have been watching my 11 year old neighbors play some video game. 3) Zero character development. I didn't care about Violet, the french guy, the scientist guy, the pretty boy, or the evil nose filter guy. I didn't care about their individual goals (mainly because they weren't very clear). I didn't care about characters dying, and I didn't care about the revelation at the end; the only indicator that I had that it was important was her somewhat awed reaction.

To be fair, Milla Jovovich has an incredible face and body and is well-suited for fight scenes. If all-CGI, all-the-time is your thing, then you'll be thrilled with the loads of glossed-over fight scenes involving Milla and hordes of green screen baddies. If you're like our entire theater, you're bored. Really, fake fights just don't impress me.