Buy the DVD:

Ultraviolet

Perhaps the most unintentionally nonsensical film since They, Kurt Wimmer’s follow-up to, the now questionably semi-intelligent film, Equilibrium is little more than an embarrassment on anyone’s resume.

The fact the film is hard to understand is, at first, most humiliating, but upon closer inspection (i.e. asking the person sitting next to me) it became clear that Ultraviolet might not actually have been ready to see the light of day.

Milla Jovovich stars as the titular Violet who, is or is not a vampire surrounded by other vampires sent on a mission to retrieve a weapon created by the last remnants of human society to help wipeout those carrying the virus that makes them vampires. Actually, this is pieced together from a synopsis for the film well over a year ago. Sure, it sounds like a good idea, but then again, so did communism. Like so many ideas, it becomes painfully clear, well after you’ve paid for admission; this is going to be one hell of a bumpy ride.

What transpires next is a noxious mishmash of poorly edited and acted scenes that seem to have no coherence to them whatsoever. Like mixing oil and water, this movie repels its audience through the magic of becoming so boring and idiotic; it no longer held the interest of those making it. Ultraviolet is the kind of film that could use a few years on a dusty shelf to think about what it has done. Which is: Made a mockery out of filmmaking at its very core.

Written by: Kevin Yeoman

Reviewers Rating: 2
Reader's Rating: 2.00
Reader's Votes: 1

Rate It