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"Milla's Movie
Spins Out of Control..." |
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Directed by Kurt Wimmer
- Written by Kurt Wimmer
Starring Milla Jovovich,
Cameron Bright & William
Fichtner
Distributed by Sony -
2006 - 88m - Rated PG13 |
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TC Candler's Review
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Ultra-cheap... |
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"Ultraviolet" is a
video game / music video combination rip-off of "Underworld" and
"Resident Evil" laced with dismal & choppy special effects that look
like they were done in the eighties.
Milla Jovovich is a supermodel turned actress who I think has been
given a raw deal along the way. She is capable of far more than this
tripe. She was very respectable in "The Fifth Element", "The Claim",
"No Good Deed" & even pulled off a thankless task in the "Resident
Evil" movies. She has the talent to be more than just a futuristic
action starlet.
However, in "Ultraviolet", Milla is stuck posing in overly dramatic
scenes that are not earned by the silly screenplay. Her fight scenes
are numerous and repetitive. Her lines are quippy blurbs that have no
real nuance or depth at any point during the relatively short running
length.
The film opens with Violet stealing a biological weapon from humans
who intend to kill the hemophages. Hey!!! Stop Laughing!!! This is
Serious Business!!! After delivering it to her own kind, she realizes
that they are going to destroy the weapon. But there is a problem...
the weapon is a child. And with Violet's history of having lost a
child due to a forced pregnancy earlier in life, she is compelled to
defend the child from virtually everyone.
The film alternates routine effects-laden fight sequences with quiet
deliveries of melodramatic speeches and supposedly powerful
declarations of intent which substitute for exposition.
The film has a few things going for it... A fast pace and some ab-worshipping
costumes for Milla Jovovich. It also has such a ludicrous premise
which is hard for critics to poke holes in, based simply on the fact
that it would be farcical to take any of it seriously. That being
said, audiences should note that the studio heads who released this
film had such little faith in the end product that they flatly refused
it to be screened in advance. No doubt, they feared that the
inevitable critical panning would result in an even worse opening
weekend at the box office than it will ultimately get.
This film should be skipped by everyone... even fans of the genre. In
fact, the only genre of film that "Ultraviolet" belongs to is the 'bad
movie genre'. If you are fan of those, then by all means see this film
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© Written by TC Candler -
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How We Rated This Film
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TC Candler -
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Jacob Hall
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Richard
Propes' Comment
I enjoyed
Milla enough here to give the film a slightly
higher rating, however, I can easily say
"Agreed" when it comes to TC's review.
Jacob
Hall's Comment
n/a
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