Equilibrium fans: Kurt Wimmer's Ultraviolet (2006)

[Shadowphile]

I've just seen Ultraviolet.  It's eye candy but it's of the variety that makes it the theatrical equivalent of Thrills, those purple pieces of gum that taste like soap and are hard enough to break teeth.  Still people like them, myself included.  So, to make a long story short, it's eye candy for those who have acquired the taste for it.

The opening sequence CGI sucked.  It looked like a CG cartoon.  The fight choreography was depressingly repetative.  There were some interesting touches (the colour changing hair & clothing, the ironic public service announcements about the problem being taken care of, while the camera pans over the corpses of those who were supposed to take care of it) but the majority of the movie had plot holes in it large enough to fly a (badly done CG) helicopter through.  

Did I enjoy it?  Yes.  Would I call it a good movie?  No.  Would I recommend it?  Only if I knew the person I was recommending it to also liked soap flavoured gum....

[Joe the Destroyer]

I saw this film a couple days ago, and all I can say is... wow, glad I didn't see that in theaters.  The eye candy aspect wore off on me after about 15 minutes.  The acting bega to grate hardcore and the film just felt like I was watching a really bad space opera. 



No thank you...

[Neville]

It's far from good, I found *very* boring, specially the first half. It does get better afterwards, as Christian Bale's character starts to evolve, and some of the stuff he gets into is lots of fun, like the whole dog episode.

Still, it's a hell better than "Ultraviolet".