Bad Movie Beatdown: Ultraviolet (REVIEW)

[@mesousagaby740]

2:43 "My name is Alice- I mean Violet...and I worked for the Umbrella Corporration--I mean I was born in a world you may not understand." Seriously...it starts JUST LIKE A Resident Evil sequel movie.

[@cammymc1982]

EXACTLY!!! :D

[@multitudeofidols]

And didn't Alice get two of her fingers cut off in one of the _Resident Evil_ sequels? And Mila's character was a Mary Sue in those as well, but at least they had the excuse of being made by her husband. This is just gratuitous on top of gratuity.

[@ilovepinatas3179]

13:10 they really did a "speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil" symbolism shot. Classy AF.

[@xentoip]

I believe the real star of the movie is Milla Jovovich's midriff...

[@BJ64Th3M0v13f4n]

I so agree. And her stomach, her hair and sometimes her eyes. Those are the only things I can't take my eyes off!

[@scottylewis8124]

BJ64Th3M0v13f4n ik.

[@ProfitPower13]

Don't forget that toe

[@Shorty_Lickens]

her body is always the star. she cant act for shit. she gets hired cuz she's hot and thats a bigger money maker for women than acting ability. she did alright in The Fifth Element, but I always wonder what it would have been like with a better actress.

[@kaiokendo]

New lady speedstick

[@FilmBrain]

Episode notes: Originally produced in February 2011, this is a heavily re-cut version that loses 1m 57s from it's original running time. Again, this is mostly due to the severe trimming of clips in order for it to comply with KZbin (including several instances where I've moved voiceover), but there's also quite a bit of tightening here as well, many of which are mere frames (again, another former Windows Movie Maker episode that had a small pass in Vegas the first time around). Enjoy!

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

Film Brain Thanks for the reuploads. I know how much of a ball ache it can be, I appreciate the effort and being able to see these again!

[@FilmBrain]

They're around on DailyMotion, but I've wanted these available on KZbin myself. The only ones I'm currently not taking a chance on right now is titles from Fox (so sadly episodes like Epic Movie or Bride Wars are off the table for now).

[@StCerberusEngel]

Haven't thought about this movie in quite a while. Man that musical score is reminding me of Catwoman.

[@protof8749]

Film Brain what about breaking wind?

[@StCerberusEngel]

james magdirila That's a Twilight "parody" isn't it?

[@Canadamus_Prime]

Apparently Wimmer doesn't understand that if the hero can't possibly fail then his/her adventures aren't interesting.

[@nitromagilou597]

True, and even in movies where the hero mows down dozens of baddies, like in Commando, Total Recall, Rambo after First Blood, and the John Wick movies, the main characters are interesting for the most part.

[@jcruz5050]

Exactly! They do this alot w/female leads. Trying way too hard to make her look like a badass. Then when guys don't like it, its bc of sexism!😆

[@devinharbert6071]

He is good at making a film entertaining like Equilibrium and Law Abiding Citizen minus Ultraviolet

[@scottylewis8124]

This film is a perfect example of how NOT to make an action movie.

[@blackskulldud57]

John Wick would like to know your location.

[@konstance13]

This movie is so weirdly colored and blurred, I honestly thought there was something wrong with my video at first.

[@JET1970]

It's made to be a comic book in motion instead of being a regular boring he movie

[@wjzav1971]

True, after we see Violet kill a bunch of faceless goons, without breaking a sweat, again and again, it kind of looses weight.

[@moonlightcakie9190]

Dude I clicked on this, high as balls, watched the intro and was like omg this couldn’t get even better and then I heard your accent and I was like omg it got even better 😂😂😂👏👏👌👌👌👌

[@destroyerblackdragon]

I actually used to watch this movie all the time on my dvr that was recorded. It was okay. I have a soft spot for Mila Jonovich.

[@Blacknight8850]

20:14 "It's right up there with Immortal Bum-Murderer Charles Dickens" Jesus Christ, what episode of _Bad Movie Beatdown_ did I miss that had *THAT* in it?

[@minerva9843]

Fors Clavigera I think it is an asylum film

[@FilmBrain]

It's the big twist in Vinnie Jones/Derek Jacobi movie The Riddle.

[@death-king1834]

Mila Jovanoic playing another over powered boring ass Mary-Sue? Oh joy of joys, how thrilling.

[@nitromagilou597]

Not to mention that it had side characters that offer nothing to the overall narrative that get killed off as soon as they're introduced.

[@brendangoodell6233]

OH, you mean the Resident Evil movies, oh wait, this was a thing too for 3 minutes. Film Brain, I'm sorry you had to take the bullet and watch this junk for us. WE SALUTE YOU, KIND SIR!

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

I often have to ask in stupid movies like this, if the hero is so uber-powerful and unstoppable... how is there conflict in the first place? Why could a regime like this happen when ONE woman can easily kill hundreds of guards? Oh and the movie never explains how only Violet is this powerful, not all hemophages - who oddly, die just as easily as any humans.

[@ChainsGone2012]

Swift Nimblefoot THANK YOU

[@IAmTheUnison]

You know you've done something wrong with Edward from "TWILIGHT" is a better vampire!

[@JET1970]

Did you not listen when she said she was gonna die in so many hours so what's your problem with her kicking ass before she dies

[@majidqayyum9613]

That's coz the script was written by a man with a 10 yrs old brain. I wouldn't be surprised if there were Dragons & Unicons coming out of somewhere.

[@MrCaerbannog]

The whole "invincible hero" thing can work as a wish fulfilment type of character, but they need to be interesting enough to make up for the fact that the audience knows they're never going to lose in combat. It's an incredibly hard balance to get right, and one that writers who attempt it more often than not seem to fail at.

[@Volvagia1927]

The best way is to pump up how flashy/extravagant/powerful they are (The "Yes, the hero is invincible, now watch them basketball spin a castle" explanation, where they're so powerful that even if the fight is "unfair" it's still fun to watch them work) and Wimmer...just doesn't get anywhere close to that point. His stuff lacked either tension OR spectacle.

[@mackdebruin999]

I got this movie confused with the equally bad "Eon Flux". The whole time I was watching, I wondered why you weren't mentioning the woman with hands for feet.

[@gabrielaharries8149]

lol i adore ultraviolet, but physically cannot watch aeonflux - but yeah they're practically the same movie

[@HurricaneDDragon]

Milla Jovovich (Playing her exact same role from the Resident Evil series) and Cameron Bright (Playing his exact same role from X-Men: The Last Stand) star in... Cool Poses: The Movie!

[@ShinRyojin]

I hated how much of a unstoppable Mary Sue Violet was. She was in no real danger at all, nobody was a strong challenge for her. Even characters like Superman, Goku, etc. have had moments of vulnerability.

[@devinharbert6071]

Just like Not John McClain In Die Hard 5

[@JET1970]

Apparently none of you listen to her cause she already said she's dead in so many hours and so she's very aggressive in taking down as many as possible before she dies

[@V4Now]

I liked equilibrium, the fact it was on the nose didn't bother me as much as the inconsistent parts of the plot but it did have an good premise.

[@kduhtdkzrt]

V4Now Good premise? How is "lets make Fahrenheit 451, but as clicheed and fucking stupid as possible" a good premise?

[@V4Now]

kduhtdkzrt controlling society by actively suppressing emotion and expression while destroying any sense of individuality. Using expertly trained soldiers specialised to think and fight clinically rather than on instinct to enforce law That book focus was on ideas while this film has ideas AND emotion. they are structured the same but ultimately ask different questions. whether the end result is any good is another story. if it wasn't so action orientated maybe the film could have actually addressed how unhealthy suppression could be, like a high number of suicides being covered up or mental breakdowns, possibly even a lack of imagination for key aspects of research and development causing problems.

[@nitromagilou597]

+V4Now I personally liked the Gun Kata used in that movie.

[@Scissorman-we9pp]

I first saw Ultraviolet when I was visiting some beloved relatives I hadn't seen in years. They put the movie on and it was so atrocious that I cut the visit short rather than watch it with them. THAT'S HOW BAD IT IS!!!

[@culwin]

"It is on" what a catch phrase!

[@IAmTheUnison]

...like Donkey Kong! XD

[@VampireFan-rf5kb]

5:56 to 6:02 That's also the same reaction when Milla Jovovich had reacted to this movie. She actually regretted doing this movie, by the way, in case no one knows.

[@themovieguru1094]

I did not know that.

[@VampireFan-rf5kb]

@@themovieguru1094 Me neither until 7 months ago.

[@JamiJR]

Ug, virus vampires, I hate virus vampires. Give me good old supernatural ones.

[@death-king1834]

13:08 I noticed that the way their shot each of them covers their mouth, eye and ear. *SYMBOLISM!!!!!!!*

[@sebastianemond5313]

2:07 - 2:39 The opening comic book panels give a certain Buckaroo Banzai feel where, as Kyle Garren from Brows Held High put, it wants you to believe this single story exists as the only chapter of a cinematic universe, and wants you to believe these other stories of Violet's continuing adventures in the intro exist. However, unlike Buckaroo Banzai, I could care less about the story of Ultraviolet continuing or looking for further issues of her adventures. Unless maybe checking the Ultraviolet anime series, but even that's unlikely.

[@buildawall5803]

I need to fix my recommendations vids for 7+ years keep popping up

[@jonathansefcik473]

*sees new Film Brain video* *clicks Like button before even watching it* *proceeds to watch video*

[@markiplieroldaccount7892]

Film Brain is surprisingly underrated.

[@robogreek3157]

I never found Milla Jovovich particularly attractive.....shes not ugly but not the knockout everyone acts like....same as Gwyneth Paltrow....and Jennifer Lawrence Kate Beckinsal NOW THATS BEAUTY!

[@Shiirow]

Into the Wimmerverse : Kung-pires Vol. 1

[@Bubbleskittymaster]

Watching this while corona virus rages

[@minilabyrinth]

Movie was fun enough to watch in the background as I worked. I really just liked looking at Milla be sexy in shots. I appreciated the color scheme of the film too, going from mirror's edge looking to all white to black/red and fire-y. It's allright if you don't take the movie too seriously and can laugh at the old CG

[@JoeltheSenate]

The CGI wasn't even good for the time

[@MisterTutor2010]

Number of Weapons: MANY The Movie is acknowledging how silly this looks.

[@scottylewis8124]

MisterTutor2010 guard from the matrix: holy shit!

[@Rhodair]

11:10 Violet was actually safer if she didn't move. She damn near took off her own nose there!

[@A_Box]

I dunno man, I like those visuals. Also, not having seen anything else from the creators of the movie, it was actually pretty cool the first time around. I had totally forgotten about what the heck it was actually about. Had a good time watching your video and remembering all the silly stuff.

[@TheRoflcer]

It's a good thing towards the end of the second-act Daxxus was plotting the biggest terroristic-gouging plan with this child. Otherwise all those kills the main character committed all before that point might have made the protagonist look horrible given she was killing thousands of soldiers all to protect a near-dead-anyway race of diseased humans.

[@nitromagilou597]

Wow, and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter just came out today.

[@devinharbert6071]

Resident Evil The Final Chapter is The Worst in the Franchise

[@Staggo_L]

This movie is flat gibberish. How the mighty and evil vampire has fallen. Give me a Christopher Lee-Peter Cushing vampire movie any day over this. When did it become canon that there must be a bazillion vampires all over the place? Putting in lots of vampires spares the writer and director the energy of creating and developing the true cold malice of a single character. Blade works well, because a single somewhat evil character is crafted--Blade himself.

[@niallsheridan1596]

I thought it was decent fantasy action film with Milla looking real hot

[@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168]

Nick Chunland is the poor man’s Christian Slater.

[@onemoreconjecture]

Hobestly I feel like there was some potential in this movie somewhere. The script is complete garbage, but I’d like to see what could have been done with a better edit and more expensive cgi. Also had the film been hyper-violent kinda like 300 or V for Vendetta. Seems like a bit of a product of it’s time too, Elektra suffered from similar problems, as did other more expensive movies like The Matrix Reloaded. I’ve definitely gone off the oversaturated 00s look.

[@Klonoa7H]

Theres a very strange anime adaptation of this film. Its bizarre that actually happened.

[@kingofthegundam7974]

Huh?

[@nitromagilou597]

Yeah, and it was better than the actual movie itself.

[@scottylewis8124]

Matthew Cool that's good to know.

[@dalesheen1816]

the city design reminds me alot of Mirrors Edge, very.... "clean" looking.

[@jasonfinn5517]

i love your first review you had a laugh in that one,and you pointed out the massive plot holes,which will pass you by if your not concentrating,really wish you would review john carpenters vampires, it deserves a beatdown,apart from that thanks for always cheering me up

[@ShiddyShad808]

Mila sure looks hot though.

[@hetnixira2332]

SHUT THE F*CK UP

[@Juicewski2]

@@hetnixira2332 Why are you so angry?

[@hetnixira2332]

@@Juicewski2 i don't like this people fantasising about fictional characters especially in this horrible movie

[@michaellaplant9543]

That she does !!! 👍🏾👍🏾

[@michaellaplant9543]

@@hetnixira2332 Well -- as Alfred Hitchcock once told Kim Novak : "But Kim, it's just a movie !" 👌🏾😀

[@andreyy_]

The world's largest eyeliner commercial 😂😂

[@ThEjOkErIsWiLd00]

Oh this movie.... THIS MOVIE! One of the very few where I simply had to turn it off halfway through. And I sat through Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle somehow.

[@ImZym]

idk why but i actually like this movie. i guess its the style and milla jovovich. im also good at turning off my brain while watching this movie lol.

[@sandernielsen8018]

Chinoy the filipino term for a filipino-chinese person, cute very cute.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Is Milla Jojovich only accepting movie roles when she can play unbeatable superhuman Mary Sues? Seems like it... I saw this movie and started rooting for the bad guys pretty soon, they had as much chance against Violet as stormtroopers trying to shoot a fish in a barrel.

[@JThom529]

Type-casting gets the work I guess. You could check out her role in "Stone" which stars Robert DeNiro and Edward Norton but not sure how much you'd get out of that, but hey she's not a Mary-Sue there

[@troin3925]

1:46-1:50 Alien 3, Cool World and The Real Ghostbusters would like to speak with you.

[@austindevine248]

Troin don’t forget Alexander and Apocalypse Now and how did the studio interfere with The Real Ghostbusters of all things

[@bloodrunsclear]

Going back to this I was surprised to find out the CGI in this movie is LITERALLY pre-viz. It was never finished so the fact that it looks terrible was never intended!

[@FilmBrain]

Yeah, it is noticeably quite rough in spots. I think they fixed a few bits in the Unrated cut.

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

When I first see the opening of UltraViolet, I thought it has a comic book franchise before, and a manga series too. Also, I never heard of the film Equilibrium before, until I watch this episode of Bad Movie Beatdown just now.

[@kimifw58]

You mean it wasn't?

[@vegacomplex8290]

Don't hate me but I actually kinda like this movie.

[@Chris_Blaze94]

I actually agree with the theory that this is in the same universe as Equilibrium, that's why they're so similar.

[@whoisyouranime]

Are you going to review Kurt Wimmer's "Children of the Corn Remake"?

[@FilmBrain]

If I get a screener, sure, but I can't guarantee it.

[@emilyapricot1313]

Thanks for this review. A movie isn’t good just because it looks cool or had action.

[@scottylewis8124]

I even made a parody of this film.

[@Death_Dealer529]

I know its a dump question but when a Hemophage mates with a human, does the human become a Hemophage too? Because i mean in the movie people became infected when they only came in contact with saliva, blood etc. from an infected person. And when they have s*x it comes to an exchange of body fluids, could this then also be a way to become infected with the disease?

[@IAmTheUnison]

The vampires in this movie make Edward from "Twilight" look like Blade. -__-

[@chill1ray]

Sad really I enjoyed it as a bubblegum action flick!

[@ThePonderer]

Huh. I was just wondering about this review. Oh the timing.

[@SomerankeroffYT]

The Ponderer hi again

[@ThePonderer]

At The Movies With Josh Barker wow you weren't kidding

[@JuicyfruitJessieB]

Is it a coincidence that the kid with the cure in his blood plays the exact same role in xmen last stand?

[@FilmBrain]

Yep, I think they came out the same year too.

[@nitromagilou597]

He was also the Russian kid from Running Scared, another movie that came out in the same year.

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

The Kill-Matrix-Resident-Aeon-Tomb-Bill-Flux-Raider-Evil Element Best thing of this pseudomovie was how good the body of the non-actress Jovovich fits into these ultratight outfits

[@crow2724]

What other movie won't you mention? He is in so much. Please just give me the year and initials of the movie please.

[@ntmfalloutproductions4713]

Fun fact the men who made the music Klaus Badelt made also the music to equilibrium this shows sometimes

[@devinharbert6071]

He must be the guy who does most of the music. in Kurt Wimmer

[@devinharbert6071]

For Kurt Wimmer’s Films

[@ntmfalloutproductions4713]

@@devinharbert6071 perhaps they are friends :)

[@kingofthegundam7974]

*Insert random attack on Film Brain because he dared to criticize Ultraviolet and Equilibrium here*

[@Zombiekilleryamato]

KingoftheGundam79 if you only make it equilibrium I think about it

[@nitromagilou597]

I like Equilibrium as a guilty pleasure, however I can agree that Ultraviolet is complete and total garbage.

[@necrodamus5481]

Tbh, I thought the yakuza in this film were The Black eyed Peas

[@Farmer12J]

This review misses the mark so hard that I might have to make a response video.

[@scottylewis8124]

Wdym?

[@Nig0]

Actually that cover looks like Milla is holding a selfie stick

[@Elhao]

Oh no. *spoiIer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi: I just realized that technically Luke's Jedi projection scene where Kylo Ren has all the AT-ATs shoot at him rips off Ultraviolet. This is so wrong.

[@jamesb.8940]

But in that case, MaRey Sue should have cut Luke in half, not Snoke.

[@Bubbleskittymaster]

What's wrong with the transporter. It's a fun movie.

[@andyxdr]

Who's the guy you put footage of at 2:27?

[@FilmBrain]

That's comic book reviewer Linkara, the footage is from our crossover on The Spirit.

[@andyxdr]

@@FilmBrain Okay, thanks. 👍

[@FilmBrain]

I should have probably replied with his channel, @AT4W .

[@joechevy2035]

Mila’s voice sounds like Tank Girl...

[@scottylewis8124]

As I said in my lawnmower man 2 review: was there even a script to this film, or were they just making shit up?!

[@rengarcia5189]

This movie was all but unwatchable. Milla Jovovich and Angelina Jolie and Daisy Ridley all play ridiculously powerful badasses who are all but invincible. I'd love to see a movie where it's Milla versus Angelina versus Daisy. There would be no one left alive on planet Earth except the three of them, and there would not be a hair out of place.

[@scottylewis8124]

Feels like a last minute term paper turned in by a college student after he spent all night working on it.

[@Aethryx]

At 3:42, what on earth is that CGI city? It looks like a late 90s video game!

[@jasondouglas152]

I hope someone will review " The Messenger " with Milla Jonavich. It's a fn weird movie. Super long Joan of Arc " biography"

[@sebastianemond5313]

13:08 - 13:12 Did those 3 "hemophages" just do the Hear No Evil, See No Evil, & Speak No Evil?

[@FilmBrain]

They did. One of them is also Kurt Wimmer.

[@triton2397]

Equilibrium deserves a reboot. With Milla Jovovich doing some badassary.

[@scottylewis8124]

No.

[@devinharbert6071]

FUCK NO

[@jamesb.8940]

Seeing her slice invincibly through zillions of guards is utterly ridiculous. And very, very boring. She is an Action Mary Sue, if there is such a thing; the equivalent of MaRey Sue in TLJ.

[@davidhewitt5937]

Eh, I found the movie fun and campy. Oh well.

[@BurningAzure]

Also if Daxus was a hemophage, wouldn't Six also have to be one?

[@jessequimpo7354]

Glad I wasn't the only one with eye strain 👁️

[@claudeprince6724]

Anyone know where those drums are from?

[@pythiasibyls6269]

The nozzle is calibrating... Do not look away from... the nozzle...

[@wingfly7498]

you should talk about daredevil 2003 film it has some bad misconception in it too especially in the beginning how he got blind

[@devinharbert6071]

Daredevil and Electra are actually Comptetently Made Just like Mark Steven Johnson’s Killing Season, Simon Birch, And Jack Frost 1998 are actually decent films that just receive negative reviews critics who don’t like a Good Movies And Half the time there right

[@JET1970]

Those that hate this movie just proves their stupidity and not seeing that this was made in the likeness of comic books in motion

[@pp3k3jamail]

Review Aeon Flux

[@sharonpereira4501]

Symbolism!!!

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

9:35 - 9:40 The CGI and other special effects looks kinda conspicuous.

[@deafbyhiphop]

they're pretty bad

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

Deaf by Hip-Hop Yeah...

[@scottylewis8124]

Even for 2006, that is incredibly video gamey.

[@PhantomShadow224]

“Totalitarian government with a underground resistance” I was expecting you to say every flawed “perfect dystopia” movie ever. (But thinking back on it I guess your just comparing two sci-fi films this guy directed)

[@macacofrito]

11:41 wait, wait wawait, i know this movie is shit but is CLEARLY said that he wants to jump because he thinks he´s a weapon of mass destruction

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

12:11 😆😆 LOL!

[@bthsr7113]

Has Mila ever had a good role? Because from what I can tell, she's always an unstoppable badass and usually in a bad script.

[@katietaylor8314]

Oh man, all this time I thought this movie starred Selma Blair. Don't ask me why; I'm bad with faces. And of course, any fighter worth her salt knows that it's a great idea to go into battle while dressed like you're fresh off the catwalk! Body armour? What's that?

[@pythiasibyls6269]

14:25 The tracker was last detected entering that area. The bad guys will just sweep the area until they find the lab.

[@scottylewis8124]

This film could have been good if it wasn't for the damn tampering. And Kurt Wimmer should've been fired and replaced with a better director. Like Ang Lee, or Christopher Nolan. I mean damn it Sony!

[@devinharbert6071]

Do u Hate Kurt Wimmer he’s not nearly as bad as Uwe Boll, Skip Woods, And John Moore his Good Movies are Street Kings, Equillibrium, Law Abiding Citizen, Salt, One Man’s Justice, Spell, The Recruit, And The Total Recall Remake were Good except Ultraviolet

[@scottylewis8124]

@@devinharbert6071 *sigh* I get carried away.

[@davebooshty299]

11:32 i think that scene was awesome fun , was an actual "different" type fight scene.

[@dumbghost3109]

Movie was fucking horendus but it was relatively fun to watch. Like god damn the lighting and effects were so fucking bad but choreography was pretty good and fun to watch.

[@apostolosfilippos]

3:10 . how did they not shoot each other??

[@iona2225]

*shrugs* Eh it's okay. X)