Review of Ultraviolet (2006) by Marcop. — 11 Mar 2006

Uwe Boll may not have been able to do a better job, but you certainly couldn't tell that this is from the same guy who directed the stellar Equilibrium. Having just seen this poor excuse of a film, I am extremely disappointed with Kurt Wimmer's followup to that film, which had an imaginative pedigree of deep sci-fi, top-notch actors, and intense gun/sword fights.

This film has anything but. First of all, when the awfully rendered CGI is capable of taking you completely OUT of a sci-fi film, (helicoptor/motorcycle chase scene, anyone?) you know things have went horribly wrong.

Couple that with an overly elaborate and non sensical plot involving vampires? and a creepy mute kid who may (or may not) be the savior of the universe, then you know the director is grasping for something, anything to make this movie a stand-out in the unfortunate (Thanks Alien!) age of the now tired trend of kick butt heroines in the Tomb Raider/Resident Evil/Aeon Flux/Elektra vein.

Do your self a favor folks, just wait for it to hit the Wal-Mart DVD clearance bin, which is where it'll be headed to in about a year. Sorry to say, but this is one of the worst films in recent memory that I have actually paid money for.