Ultraviolet

"The blood war is on."

2006 1h 27m EN

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★5.2TMDB · 1,785

Science FictionActionThriller

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In the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. As they are set apart from "normal" and "healthy" humans, the world is pushed to the brink of worldwide civil war aimed at the destruction of the "diseased" population. In the middle of this crossed-fire is - an infected woman - Ultraviolet, who finds herself protecting a nine-year-old boy who has been marked for death by the human government as he is believed to be a threat to humans.

“The blood war is on.”

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Cast

Milla Jovovich
Violet Song Jat Shariff
Cameron Bright
Six
Nick Chinlund
Ferdinand Daxus
Sebastien Andrieu
Nerva
Ida Martin
Young Violet
William Fichtner
Garth
David E. Collier
BF-1
Kieran O'Rorke
Detective Cross

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kurt Wimmer
Writers: Kurt Wimmer, Monica Sandstede, Mark Lambert Bristol
Languages: Japanese, English, Vietnamese
Countries: Hong Kong, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Japanese, English, Vietnamese.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, United States of America.

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5 / 8

AWARDS

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Directed by Kurt Wimmer, shot by Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Klaus Badelt. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor William Yeh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Milla Jovovich and Cameron Bright and Nick Chinlund carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kurt Wimmer directs. Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai behind the camera. Klaus Badelt scores. William Yeh cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Hong Kong, United States of America. Dialogue in Japanese, English, Vietnamese.

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187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 20 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Japanese, English, Vietnamese.
4International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, United States of America.
5Directed by Kurt Wimmer, shot by Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Klaus Badelt. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor William Yeh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Milla Jovovich and Cameron Bright and Nick Chinlund carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The blood war is on.".
10IMDB entry: tt0370032 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 17 themes, including "skyscraper", "vampire", "dystopia", "victim".

The technical file

Cinematography: Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai
Original score: Klaus Badelt
Editing: William Yeh
Production design: Choo Sung-Pong
Costume design: Joseph A. Porro
Makeup / hair: Marie Nardella
VFX supervisor: Victor Wong Wang-Tat
Sound: Ezra Dweck
Stunt coordinator: Mike Smith
Runtime: 87 min · 1h 27m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $31,070,211
Return: 104% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Ultraviolet (2006)

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Kamurai2020-09-20
★ 7/10
Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. This is certainly something different. It's a different approach to vampires (hemophages), it's a different approach to sci-fi, and it's a different approach to corporate dystopia. Oddly, the Umbrella Corporation from "Resident Evil" is the closest of which I can think. Milla Jovovich is entirely capable of performing high action sequences, and carrying the movie, which she does wonderfully. I don't doubt that she has some pull in the production process, but the problems in this are mostly the weak character work and the "I have this really cool idea I'd like to do on screen, it'll be totally different than anything else out there." of it all. Some of it (nose plugs) are actively distracting, and other things are just odd choices (squared off sword), while there are cool concepts (dimensionally printed weapons), and scenes that just look cool even if they're not especially practical or sensisble (swords on fire in the dark). My only personal gripes are day walking vampires, weird foley sounds for the guns (most are right, but it is hard to tell on made up guns), and why in the hell people with guns would charge someone instead of firing. I think this movie holds up as good as it did when it was released, and I have a good time re-watching it.

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