I want to start off first by thanking anyone who has read or even skimmed my reviews as of late. Thanks <3

I also want to go on record and say I see myself as an average umm “pop culture absorber” I tend to be pretty fair and lenient to most things, nor am I super critical. So it’s hard press to find me saying anything really negative. But there are some things that do earn my discontent.

This is a review of a movie that I have developed a like/dislike mood with.

Ultraviolet.

Story and Characters:

The story is set in a alternative future where a virus has developed, causing a part of the human population to generate abilities similar to that of vampires, super strength, speed , healing and in some cases elongated teeth. Of course with their new found power, this sub culture of not vampire vampires rage civil war with the humans. The Humans, striking back have created a weapon to end the “infected” once in for all. The main character Violet or Violet Song Jat Shariff (I’m not kidding hehehe) played by the beautiful Mila Jovovich (of Fifth Element fame and in some circles Resident Evil infamy) is a Hemophage (“not vampire” vampire) tasked with securing the weapon for hemophage so it can’t be used against them. But, upon getting the weapon Violet finds out it is a child, that holds the cure to the hemophage virus (X-men the last stand anyone?) She now fights both sides to protect the child from being used as a tool.

Sounds like a fairly good premise right? What could be the problem?

Flaws:

To start off this point, I have to give a little bit of backstory. Ultraviolet was created and conceived by Kurt Wimmer best known for well received “cult” movie Equilibrium and the “gun kata” style (as well as the modern Total Recall and Salt which are both fair in my book). So he is seen (by those who know him) a smart writer.

But the biggest nail in the coffin for this movie is it’s heavily edited for time, going from the original 120 minutes to 88 minutes. It was also edited to be cheap action movie cash in. This really upset both Wimmer and Jovovich and led to the other problems.

Character development: Outside of Violet, who isn’t a well of depth, the characters are one dimensional. The kid “dies” and no one really cares enough: D

Character Design: again Violet is cool, she has an indy comic quality to her, but might be seen as generic by some. The henchmen are so goofy, looking like a rag tag group of Snake eyes in gas masks. Violet’s original allies are a bunch of colorful rain jacket wearing 20 something. This is the main bad guy.

He has something in his nose , what it is, idk

Violet has along with her Hemophage powers and weapons (guns that look like staplers) has a rather useless ability to change the color of her hair and clothes, while pretty, it’s pointless

Weak twist, the main bad guy, Ferdinand Daxus, is actually a hemophage and the cure kid’s father.

The final fight between Violet and Daxus is done in complete darkness. Finally Violet gets to fight someone on equal terms and all you see is flashes of faces and swords.

Good points:

Mila Jovovich

William Fitcher is a supporting actor

Visuals are the name of the game, but the amount of color can give some people a bit of a head ache, like me V-V

Action is fair; I wish it was paced better.

It’s a non-comic book, comic book movie. It has a nice little intro of the Ultraviolet “comic” through the ages

Overall score: 5.3 out of Ten, the potential is all there, but not executed. Some people like it, but I in good faith can’t be one, but I want to, part of me likes it,I want to justify spending 15 something bucks to buy it (back when I had it) I want to see a comic of it....kinda...maybe

Thanks for reading ^-^

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