You are taken into a world where every background has a different bright color illuminating the screen; but have no fear they quickly abandon this or forget about it for the rest of the movie. Just like they abandoned the background looking like it was drawn right out of a comic book.  Now since this movie is based off of a comic book they could have taken that route and I think people would understand. But when you have only the first chase scene smelling like Crayola and then nothing else in the film it seems like they just didn’t care.

And that statement really sums up this movie. They just didn’t care. The story is weak as they chose to focus more on the gadgets that they came up with. You see Violet has these guns/sword that pop out of her bracelets. The bracelets also load her weapons. You would think showing it once would be good; but no they have to not just show it but focus on it numerous times. And because of this the already barely there plot gets tossed off to the side.

Well what is the plot you may ask? Here it is. Violet contracted a virus that turned her into something not human. Her and all others that had this virus were hunted down to be exterminated. So they formed a small army. Violet was sent on a task to retrieve a weapon from the humans; but was shocked to find out it was actually a boy. Since she lost a child when she was infected she finds it hard to get close to the boy; but later on for no real reason she grows attached. When the humans regain possession of the child she seeks her vengeance. Oh and did I mention that the virus makes you a vampire? Not the “blood sucking can only come out at night” kind. Nope, pretty much you gain some powers and an awful set of fake vampire teeth.

So how does she go about taking revenge? You would assume that it would be in intricate fight scenes full of blood and the loss of limbs and there you would be wrong. The fights were slow paced, anti-climatic, and substitute a wild moving camera in place of skill. The majority of the battles have Violet basically just spinning around in circles and bodies falling down without any real reason. Then they put her in a room full of people dressed in all white armed with swords (as is Violet). So I thought finally a good blood fest. Nope, not here. Swords are being pushed through bodies and limbs yet not a drop of blood until the end when Violet looks at her hand to see a bloody scratch.

Besides battles with swords you also have random guns thrown in for good measure. This takes an odd turn and seems to be a horrible rip-off of Equilibrium choreography. But surely the last fight would be the one to talk about. Here I have to shake my head sadly “no”. Yes it is with swords and not just swords; but swords that are on fire. But in order to accent the fire there are no lights. This leaves you with a dizzying seizure inducing fight where you do not really see anything; but flashy of fire.

So what about the acting? Well I know there are numerous fans of Milla out there and I am one of them. So this may hurt a little. The acting is hollow and everything seems to be from the first take; but no matter how good of an actor/actress you are there is not much you can do with the clique cheesy lines like “It’s on” and “You’re all going to die”. Also the story is slightly hard to follow. Not because it is deep and takes twists mind you; but because there are so many holes, inconsistencies, and it just drags so much that you really won’t care to try and focus on it.

So is there anything good about UltraViolet? Well you get to see the naked backside of Milla very shadowed at the beginning. Then from there you can play the game I did. Let’s count how many times her hair and clothes change colors. Or you can just laugh every time the villain comes on screen wearing this contraption that is suppose to keep him from breathing in contaminated air; but it really just looks like a snot holder.