Ultraviolet 2006

Critics score:
9 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: The special effects simply thrust Ultraviolet in an Xbox 360 for action set-pieces that are kinetic and colorful but surprisingly unexciting. Do we really care if she dies when she's just going to be regenerated anyway? Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Despite the expository speeches draped over this like birthday bunting, the story remains largely incomprehensible. Read more

Tasha Robinson, AV Club: Wimmer borrows all his best ideas from other movies...then spackles over his half-assed plot with a shiny aesthetic. Read more

Jonathan Perry, Boston Globe: Wimmer ain't no Cassavetes. Read more

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: Ultraviolet wants desperately to be a provocative, high-concept action thriller. It is apparently trying to say something about fear and terrorism, paranoia and racism. But it looks more like a shampoo commercial. Read more

Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly: Crank your brain to its lowest possible idle and you'll still overthink Ultraviolet. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Ultra-dumb. Read more

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: Ultraviolet and the recent Resident Evil films mark this compelling Russian beauty as the unofficial queen of Xbox-ready junk movies, which are fast becoming the new century's equivalent of radioactive bug flicks. Read more

Gene Seymour, Newsday: Whether Six is a blessing or a boon to mutants or humans is one of the many things that are not clearly explained through all the flying bodies, flashing steel and grinding metal. Read more

Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: Her sword is red, her eyes are blue and her movie is horrible. Read more

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Wimmer has created no logical framework for flashy, ultraviolent and frankly cheesy sequences. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's not bad enough to be funny, but it's not without its moments. Most of those come when Jovovich, not the best with a catch-phrase, answers some challenge with a put-down she should have practiced more in between personal trainer sessions. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Uwe Boll would be proud of this movie. It's pretentious and oh-so-serious. The tone of the movie is one of high art, but it stinks like a landfill. Read more

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: The Yule log was way more entertaining. Read more

Nigel Floyd, Time Out: Derivative, adolescent tosh. Read more

Robert Koehler, Variety: 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. Read more

Rob Nelson, Village Voice: The most receptive audience will mainly be enlightened to know that you can make a movie as thoroughly unprofessional as this one and still get it released in 3,000 theaters. Read more