Review of Ultraviolet (2006) by Drewf — 06 Mar 2006
I loved "Equilibrium". I heard all of the negative press concerning "Ultraviolet" going in, but despite it all, I kept telling myself "this is the guy who made EQUILIBRIUM. I will give it a fighting chance".
It saddens me to say that, for the most part, all of the bad stuff that you've heard concerning "ULTRAVIOLET" is true. Part of the blame falls on Milla Jovavich. We have to face it: She is no Christian Bale.
She just does not possess the acting skills to carry a film. She's damned pretty to look at, but man, was that performance terrible. Another part of the problem seemed to be that director Wimmer was attempting to take all of the elements that worked in "Equilibrium", and then amp them up to the EXTREME.
He sort of "TEMPLE OF DOOMED" this one, by going TOOO far with everything. The action is quite often incoherent, and some of the CGI is horrid. The epic one-liners are just cheesy. And there seems to be more logical reason that these people had to be VAMPIRES.
That NEVER ONCE plays into the story. A missed element, or a pointless one, I don't know. That's not to say this movie is COMPLETELY without redemption. The colouring looks GREAT, and there are some neat gadgets for scifi fanatics (love those disposable phones! And as someone else mentioned: DIMENSION COMPRESSION!).
I'll be honest, though. Coming from the guy who gave us EQUILIBRIUM, this was a huge disappointment overall.
This review of Ultraviolet (2006) was written by Drewf on 06 Mar 2006.
Ultraviolet has generally received negative reviews.
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