Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

RavenGlamDVDCollector {movie gets a 7, because Milla IS the movie, anyway. Milla herself is not a Ten, but an Eleven, no, an Eleven + ... And I'm sure everybody will agree}I saw the trailer some time ago. Wow, I saw, I wanted. Just for the hell of it, read some reviews, and was dismayed to find that most people didn't like it, that, summed up, the trailer's the best thing about it. I looked at the trailer again with different eyes and spotted lots of warning signs. Yes, a bunch of drawings, computer animations. Movie is most likely going to be not much more, one hell of a disappointment. But, I do collect, after all, and it's Milla Jovovich, the little kid in TWO MOON JUNCTION I had predicted would one day be a star, and then she grew up (delightfully, ever so delightfully, pardon my slavering, I'm only a guy) and was in RETURN TO THE BLUE LAGOON, so, I got me this one, to check out for myself.I'm glad I did.Currently, 4.4? People, come on! It's supposed to look like a graphic novel come to life, with this dazzling heroine, and Milla, bless her cute little heart, fits the bill wonderfully.She's bright and bubbly (and incidentally, I generally hate commentary tracks, but her commentary on the DVD is fun) and then, of course, she is long- limbed and has those wonderful eyes and the glossy hair. Okay, just learned it's a wig. Never mind. I'm talking on-screen presence. Now THAT'S a fantasy heroine. The movie might be in a lesser class than UNDERWORLD and Milla's RESIDENT EVIL, but if there's an IMDb poll where I have to choose the prettiest kick-ass action girl, ULTRAVIOLET would be the main contender. Did I mention those angel eyes and the raven hair with the halo and that the length of those legs measured with a matchstick... Okay, I'll shut up now. Sorry. Like I said, I'm only a guy.What's up with all the religious iconography, the cross motifs? Once they start, they're everywhere, that large building seen from the sky, at the end of corridors...Good idea: Nazi Germany coal-scuttle helmet soldiers wearing gas masks, and later STAR WARS Imperial Stormtroopers, are the very symbol of Fascist oppression. Bad acting: Cameron Bright as Six. Should have been rather a little girl. Like Milla back at the start of her career. Six looked autistic. Six was absolutely sluggish and no fun, not worth the story arc bother, brought the movie down. So too that Nerva guy, had the look, but couldn't act.To sum it up though: The notion that the trailer is better than the movie itself: Well, that has SOME merit, 'cause it's a helluva good- looking trailer. But for Milla fans, for fans of drop dead gorgeous actresses: You need to see this!If you'd go into the movie with a sense of humor, it is a whole lot of entertainment. Okay, the special effects is a lot of drawings, but Milla's not a drawing, and the movie works out a lot better than I expected. Ooh, of course, had it been somebody less attractive in the lead, I'd not have bothered in the first place. But it's model-perfect Milla. Yaaayyy!

Leofwine_draca I previously enjoyed Kurt Wimmer's sci-fi thriller EQUILIBRIUM, which had an at-his-best Christian Bale rebelling against an emotionless state and kicking lots of backside along the way. ULTRAVIOLET is Wimmer's follow-up, a similar movie with a similar theme: in a futuristic world plagued by a vampire virus, a sole woman rebels against her own side and ends up on the run from pretty much everybody. However, where EQUILIBRIUM excelled in what it set out to do, ULTRAVIOLET is just a big mess – a muddle of clichés, silly ideas, and poor acting that's laughable from the very start.Milla Jovovich seems to be the actress of choice for these B-movie messes; after her 'success' in the RESIDENT EVIL trilogy, filmmakers are crying out for her to kick ass in their own movies. She's not a patch on Bale in Wimmer's previous movie; in fact, she's one of my least favourite actresses and she just doesn't seem to have a clue what acting is all about. Standing around posing and looking cool does not a good actress make! It doesn't help that there are some other terrible performances from cast members like scene-chewing villain Nick Chinlund while other, decent actors like William Fichtner are completely wasted.The story about vampires and viruses and antidotes is all very passé and comes off like a shiny, chromatic variant on the UNDERWORLD silliness. To make matters worse, this film boasts some of the poorest special effects work I've witnessed in my life – absolutely awful CGI cityscapes and rubbishy looking explosions and gunfire. The motorbike chase is hilarious awful and one of the worst things I've ever witnessed in my life. I know the makers of this are trying to pass it off as SIN CITY-inspired comic-book-on-screen mayhem, but it just looks like what it is – amateurish in the extreme. Even the action scenes with their own brand of made-up martial arts called 'gunkata' were done better in EQUILIBRIUM. No, ULTRAVIOLET is a film that's not worth bothering with in the slightest – a poor, uninteresting excuse for a movie.

LeonLouisRicci Before You get on board the "Trash It" Train, be Advised that this is NOT the Movie Director Kurt Wimmer or Milla Jovovich made or wanted Released. Wimmer Delivered a 120 Minute, "R" Rated Film. The Studio said "No Way", took it, Edited and Reduced it to an 88 Minute, "PG-13". WoW...No Chance of Survival.This is the Result. Almost all of the Coherency and Power is Lost and what is Found are Cool Looking Snippets of Film that is Straddling the Line between Neo/Post CGI. Some of the Unrealistic Backgrounds, Cityscapes, and such were made to Look Like Anime or Comic-Book "Real" on Purpose to give it a Surreal Pop-Art Quality.The Glazing of the Faces and Skin were also done for that reason. It does render the Movie with a Parallel Dimension Feel. The Techno Soundtrack might not be that Great and by now has an all Too-Familiar Vibe, it Works for what it is.The Story Suffers from the Editing Abomination and has no way of Recovering, and the Continuity, Consistency of the Flow is Stifled Beyond Repair. The only thing left to Admire is Milla's Costumed Body and the Painted Palette of Computer Art, and some Clever Camera Tricks. Those are Enough to make it Worth a Watch and the Movie should be Cut Some Slack, because although it was Butchered Badly, You can still Get a Glimpse of what Might Have Been. And What Might Have Been, Might Have Been...Ultra Cool.

meritcoba "I like to learn from movies," Jenney folded her hands just after correcting her glasses."And?" Krisp smiled. She had already stood up, being unable to sit still for long times. "What?""Did you learn anything from Ultraviolet?""That swords make excellent torches.""I knew that!""It is new to me," Jenney said."Everyone knows." Krisp gestured wildly with her hands, "You know... like everyone. At least I think they do...""Except for me...""Uhmmm...Except for you.""Like everyone has coffee breaks in the middle of fights?""Yes. Priorities. We all need priorities. Ice cream is one, coffee breaks is another. Except that I don't drink coffee.. but it is the thought that counts!""Talking about breaks... is it me or did you find the in between fight bits also rather.. How would I say that politely....""Confusing?""Good word that. I think someone must have said at some point while they were doing the cool fight scenes: 'Guys, we need something to tie these scenes together so people know what is going on. Guys, we need a plot. So someone get busy and write one'.""What is a plot?" Krisp asked."Uhmmm. Let me think..A plot is what makes the movie make sense. You know. So you go like... 'Oh, now I get it'!""I see.""So someone wrote one. A plot, that is. During a coffee break," Jenney said and shifted her glasses a bit."That is helpful!""And then they fitted the fights scenes to the plot. And then someone said: 'look these don't match up. It doesn't make sense.'""Does it have to?""That is exactly what the writer of the plot said. And the director agreed. We have a plot and we got some really cool fight scenes. The movie is done!""I bet they were glad.""Of course they were. For a movie with a plot is always better than without one.""Great!" Krisp said."But I think they sort of felt uneasy anyway. So they decided to spice the fights and in between bits with CGI.""CGI????""That is graphics.. it is what you use to make scenery or creatures that don't exist or are hard to film. Like Gollem, or dragons or science fiction cities. It is like painting, but with a computer.""Ah. Fake pictures.""Which is okay, until they get noticeable. Then you feel like someone is whispering in your ear: fake. fake..not real.""I thought I ignore that voice. Spoil sport voice!""And then they blurred Ultraviolet's face."Krisp nodded."Cause, you know.. Ultraviolet is ugly.""Is she? Poor Ultraviolet.""But you can't tell, cause they blurred her face.""But I don't think she is ugly," Krisp shook her head."Why not. How can you tell?""Because of logic.""Logic?""She is pretty because the ugly people were not blurred.""Oh....""Logic!" Krisp held up two fingers close together."Yus...Logic." Jenney said a bit uncertain.