Ultraviolet (2006)
8 %
Reviews Counted: 72 Fresh: 6 Rotten:66 Average Rating: 2.8/10
Consensus:
An incomprehensible and forgettable sci-fi thriller, Ultraviolet is inept in every regard.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 3, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $18,337,122
Synopsis: Although the artwork in the opening credits would lead you to believe otherwise, writer/director Kurt Wimmer (EQUILIBRIUM) reportedly based ULTRAVIOLET not on a comic book but on John Cassavetes's 1980 film GLORIA, in which a woman must protect a young boy who is carrying some information... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, William Fichtner, Duc Luu
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Undemanding, unengaging, and glaringly unoriginal, Ultraviolet gives real comic books a bad name.
07/02/07
Despite the expository speeches draped over this like birthday bunting, the story remains largely incomprehensible.
03/06/07
Top Critic
The narrative is so jumbled that even the actors can't seem to keep track of what exactly is meant to be happening.
03/01/07
Some spectacular action, though obviously digital: free of risk, free of drama.
06/24/06
Unengaging, uninspired and unwatchable. A criminal waste of time and talent.
06/24/06
Just when you thought Aeon Flux couldn't have been any more rubbish, along comes Ultraviolet to prove you wrong.
06/24/06
Director Kurt Wimmer claims to have written Ultraviolet specifically with lead actress Milla Jovovich in mind. No, I don't know what Jovovich did to deserve this either . . .
06/15/06
The only redeeming feature is a production design so outrageously mad that you will genuinely have no idea what you're watching for more than half the time.
06/06/06
The cheesy CGI effects look like they were done on a 15-year-old Macintosh.
05/12/06
Ultraviolet is absolutely worth a look -- if not a listen or a thought.
05/06/06
... inacreditável que o diretor do eficiente Equilibrium seja o responsável por uma porcaria mal roteirizada, pavorosamente dirigida, repleta de efeitos visuais capengas e péssimas atuações como esta produção.
04/30/06
Amid every action cliche in the book, outmoded stereotypes, and a plot derivative of every futuristic drama made in the last fifteen years, Ultraviolet comes off as nothing more than a pale copy of better, more inventive films.
03/25/06
This film might actually include some of the worst deliveries that I have seen in any movie in a long time.
03/25/06
Jovovich, who’s shown sensitivity in her dramatic work, looks spectacularly bored as she power-kicks her way through one bloody pile-up after another. That boredom, like the mystery virus at the center of the film, is contagious.
03/25/06
Top Critic
This is disposable cinema, to be wiped clean from the mind as soon it's over and mercifully forgotten.
03/25/06
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