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Ultraviolet
Screen Gems Inc. / Sony Pictures Entertainment

Ultraviolet reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 18 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
2.6 out of 10
based on 19 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sequences of violent action throughout, partial nudity and language

Starring Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, William Fichtner, Sebastien Andrieu, Ida Martin, and Ricardo Mamood

Set in the late 21st century, a subculture of humans called Hemophages has emerged who have been genetically modified, giving them enhance speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. To the government's dismay, more and more of the population are being transformed, and they have set out to rid the world of this new subculture that they deem menaces to society. However, one rogue warrior with fierce fighting skills and chameleon-like abilities is bent on protecting her race -- and seeking revenge on those who changed her life forever. (Sony)


GENRE(S): Action  |  Horror  |  Sci-fi  |  Suspense/Thriller  
WRITTEN BY: Kurt Wimmer  
DIRECTED BY: Kurt Wimmer  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: June 27, 2006 
Theatrical: March 3, 2006 
RUNNING TIME: 88 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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40
LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
For this violent yet gore-free film, clearly designed for horny teenaged video game wizards, writer-director Kurt Wimmer stages a succession of fight sequences that pit V against helmeted thugs who appear to have raided the Star Wars storm trooper costume closet.
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40
Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour
To her credit, Jovovich carries out her action-hero duties with swagger and conviction that never get out of control. Clearly, she's expecting a franchise out of this.
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40
Film Threat Stina Chyn
Although it looks cool, appearances aren’t everything.
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38
Premiere Jessica Letkemann
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.
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30
The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
Mr. Wimmer is more concerned with fetishizing his heroine and patronizing his audience. The verdict? Ultrasilly.
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30
Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
Director Kurt Wimmer has an eye for jackboot chic (Equilibrium), and the images here have been digitally polished so that the characters' skin is smoother than porcelain. It's a cool effect--I spent most of this interminable actioner wondering if one could bounce a quarter off Jovovich's bare midriff.
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30
Village Voice Rob Nelson
Seems this is yet another puddle of futuristic sludge for us to blame on John Cassavetes.
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25
ReelViews James Berardinelli
This is another one of those pointless action superhero movies that unfolds like a video game in which the viewer is unable to participate.
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25
San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
A film to be enjoyed only by science-fiction movie completists and middle school boys with extreme cases of attention deficit disorder.
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25
The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson
Underdeveloped antagonist Nick Chinlund sums up the entire film during one of his rants about Jovovich's latest casual, offhand slaughter: "One woman against 14 men! It's ridiculous!" Well, yeah.
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25
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Ultraviolet, unscreened for critics, is unfit for consumption.
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25
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
An all-but-incoherent mess whose main components are palpably fake-looking CGI effects, video-game-style action sequences and Milla Jovovich's admirably taut abdomen, Kurt Wimmer's film epitomizes just about everything wrong with post-MATRIX, comic book-/video-game-inspired, Hong Kong-action-style sci-fi thrillers.
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25
Boston Globe Jonathan Perry
Jovovich is bad, and not in a good way. She turns in an epically expressionless performance (maybe she thought it was one of her modeling gigs?) but she sure looks great.
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20
The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
The latest entry in the "This film is so bad we're not screening it for critics" genre.
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20
Variety Robert Koehler
Pic is hermetically sealed in a synthetic wrapping that's so total -- Sony's top-flight high-def cameras, visibly low-budget CG work, exceptionally hackneyed and imitative action and dialogue --that it arrives a nearly lifeless film.
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20
Empire James Dyer
Unengaging, uninspired and unwatchable. A criminal waste of time and talent.
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16
Entertainment Weekly Scott Brown
Ultraviolet, warns someone, ''Don't overthink it.'' Sage advice for anyone masochistic enough to watch this pile of poorly pixelated vampire poo.
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0
Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones
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.
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0
New York Post Lou Lumenick
A cut-rate ripoff of "Aeon Flux" with Milla Jovovich as a butt-kicking futuristic heroine in a midriff-baring bodysuit, is ultrastupid, ultra-incoherent, ultrasilly - and way, way ultraboring.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 2.6 (out of 10) based on 155 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Andrew R gave it a0:
this is the single worst movie i have ever seen my god half way through the movie you find out they are frigin vampires my god that could have been useful information, and when shes dodging bullets on the rooftop with 13 guys and they all shoot each other do the math that doesn't add up

John gave it a10:
This movie is awesome, it's not gonna be the next great big blockbuster and I doubt it was made with that intention but it's still an incredible movie in it's genre.

Camz gave it a10:
It's one of the best action movies that I've watched. Brilliant. Very Brilliant.

Mark B. gave it a0:
I went to the theater with a friend and at first I was surprised that we were the only ones in the theater. As the movie went on I kind of figured why. The movie is hard to enjoy even if you want to and it has this strange look to it. It seems like the lighting is way off.

Demoth gave it a0:
This movie will give you eye cancer if you actually look at it straight on. The dialogue was absolutely stupid, the action was mind numbingly bad, and the plot jumped around like some type of flea on steroids. Thanks to this movie I can no longer go to heaven.

chad s gave it a5:
this movie is really NOT that bad. its over the top action at times, the dialogue is bad at times, and the story isn't great, but its easy to tell while watching ultraviolet that it had a lot of potential and couldve been really good but unfortunately failed. with that being said after reading all these reviews about ultraviolet being the worst movie ever i watched it with no expectations other than it to be some good eye candy for my new hi def tv, and since i had no expectations for the movie that may be why i didnt think it was that bad. i also only paid five bucks for it, so that kinda helped.

A Movie Critic gave it a3:
Probably the ugliest movie I've ever seen. The entire movie has this glowing look to it, like someone needed to wipe the camera lens. There was no plot, the acting was bad (Milla Jovovich practically whispers every line) the writing was horrible...some cool fight scenes, the opening action scenes, and some cool music is really all that makes it watchable. And even then.

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