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Ultraviolet
- Review Date: June 25, 2006
- PG-13
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- 2006
Common Sense Media says
Incoherent video gamey sci-fi action movie.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie includes repeated (and repetitive) scenes of video game-like violence, with shooting, cars and motorcycles racing, falling, and martial artsy kicking. Weapons range from futuristic-zappy to old-fashioned. (For the most part, these conflicts don't result in bloody injuries, just "action.") The genetically engineered Violet protects a young boy, the target of multiple assailants. Violet wears very tight outfits; in an early scene, she's instructed to "strip" before entering a security scanner, revealing a shadowy version of her nude backside as she walks away from the camera. Language includes a couple of s-words, slang for genitals, "hell," and "damn."
What's the story?
Violet (Milla Jovovich) is a genetically engineered terrorist-assassin (called a "hemophage"). Her condition was instigated by a virus, which led to a miscarriage, so she's part angry and part sad. Violet now sports vampire fangs and skintight outfits, with shifting hair color. Her devotion to her boss, Nerva (Sebastien Andrieu), and cause is cut short when she learns that her latest mission involves the destruction of a child carried around in a briefcase. The child's name, Six (Cameron Bright), quite gives away his identity, at least in relation to the man who claims to be his "father" -- evil biochemical genius and Vice Cardinal Daxus (Nick Chinlund). Violet is damaged repeatedly, but has access to a friendly doctor, Garth (William Fichtner), who puts her together again more than once, and pledges his affection to her (even though she's more interested in the child, presumably out of maternal instincts). Still, Violet maintains her hard exterior, quick to take out all opponents and insist the boy obey her angry orders.
Is it any good?
According to Violet (Milla Jovovich), she lives in a future "you may not understand." But how could you? ULTRAVIOLET is incoherent even by the silly standards of other video game-based movies. Shot with HD cameras, the film looks bizarre, as if the entire surface has been scrubbed to resemble the soft filters and Vaselined lenses of old. It's an odd effect for the SF/action genre, but familiar to anyone who remembers Jovovich's Feria hair color commercials.
While Jovovich is an appealing model-turned-movie star, she's adrift here. By the last 15 minutes, it appears that whoever edited just gave up completely, and strung together a series of unrelated shots as an unresolved, hard-to-follow "finale."
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the ethical or medical problems of cloning and genetic engineering. How are Violet's sense of identity and loyalty to her "community" premised on survival rather than trust? How does the film explain Violet's yearning for a family?
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It was a bad movie
If your under 8 you can whatch it but i would not recommend it content wise its full of unbloody violence.
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This was a good action movie but the first time I watched it I hated it. There was a lot of action but there is one scene were violet is nude. 10+
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Comic-book based
Lots of martial arts action. Violet wears a lot of blouses that show quite a bit of midriff. But for teens and adults that love action, this is definitely a movie to watch.
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Very bad scifi flick is violent and over-the-top
This dumb attempt to make a science fiction movie is only one big fail.
Over-the-top comic book-ish violence includes several characters being slit with swords (there is little blood), one character sliced in half (so dark it does not push a PG-13), several beatings and fistfights and so on...
I think if this was a video game, it could have been some fun, but as a movie it is pure waste of time.
Milla Jovovich is a good actress as we can see in "The Fifth Element", but this movie doesn't even give her a chance.
Also, the studio decided to cut out several scenes (as stated on several website, they cut it down from 120 minutes to 89 minutes), making it seem like a short compilation of fighting scenes.
Absolutely not recommended.
After all, mature teens and up can handle it - suitable for viewers 14 and up.
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| Studio: | Screen Gems |
| Director: | Kurt Wimmer |
| Cast: | Cameron Bright, Milla Jovovich, Nick Chinlund |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Run time: | 88 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | March 3, 2006 |
| DVD release date: | June 27, 2006 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | for sequences of violent action throughout, partial nudity and language. |
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