tstone
05-20-2006, 11:26 AM
Ah yes, a scifi film about vampires. A westernized live action futuristic vampire movie with a hot chick kicking ass like it's going out of style.
Two word review. It sucked.
Oh, you want more? Ok.
Kurt Wimmer once made a film called Equilibrium. Starring Christian Bale, it was about a police officer in a future society that forbid emotion. Bale's character enforced this policy of the State, until he found out that his partner was a criminal, an emotional deviant. And then, he breaks the rules of his society and finds out a whole different world. See? Character developement. Plot. Yes, there were scenes of the hero mowing down ranks of bad guys. But you did get a sense he was doing dangerous work, plus the Gun Kata gimmick helped sell it.
But we were talking about Ultraviolet. Well, we get Milla Jovovich, whose been in a ton of action driven scifi flicks, including the original and enjoyable The 5th Element. Those who read my reviews regularly know I'm not into action movies as a rule. Like sex scenes, I need a reason to care. I need to be emotionally invested into what's going on. I need a sense of stakes.
Well, as much as I can tell. You have a plague that has hit, creating a sub race of humans that have fangs, though I'm not sure why. Some humans want to wipe them out. Not sure why, either. Daxus is the big bad guy carrying on experiments to wipe them out, supposedly. Why? Not sure. Gives Violet a chance to knock down scores of bad guys without even parting her lovely Bettie Page-esque bangs?
It would seem so.
Oh, and some kid figures into this. When Violet isn't killing all these bad guys, she's hanging with this kid, alternately threatening him and angsting.
Neat visuals. Lots of over the top, way over the top action. Lame scifi vampire element. Not enough skin.
It sucked.
Two word review. It sucked.
Oh, you want more? Ok.
Kurt Wimmer once made a film called Equilibrium. Starring Christian Bale, it was about a police officer in a future society that forbid emotion. Bale's character enforced this policy of the State, until he found out that his partner was a criminal, an emotional deviant. And then, he breaks the rules of his society and finds out a whole different world. See? Character developement. Plot. Yes, there were scenes of the hero mowing down ranks of bad guys. But you did get a sense he was doing dangerous work, plus the Gun Kata gimmick helped sell it.
But we were talking about Ultraviolet. Well, we get Milla Jovovich, whose been in a ton of action driven scifi flicks, including the original and enjoyable The 5th Element. Those who read my reviews regularly know I'm not into action movies as a rule. Like sex scenes, I need a reason to care. I need to be emotionally invested into what's going on. I need a sense of stakes.
Well, as much as I can tell. You have a plague that has hit, creating a sub race of humans that have fangs, though I'm not sure why. Some humans want to wipe them out. Not sure why, either. Daxus is the big bad guy carrying on experiments to wipe them out, supposedly. Why? Not sure. Gives Violet a chance to knock down scores of bad guys without even parting her lovely Bettie Page-esque bangs?
It would seem so.
Oh, and some kid figures into this. When Violet isn't killing all these bad guys, she's hanging with this kid, alternately threatening him and angsting.
Neat visuals. Lots of over the top, way over the top action. Lame scifi vampire element. Not enough skin.
It sucked.