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Article: Futuristic 'Ultraviolet' is plagued indeed.(Movie review)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2006
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Byline: David Hiltbrand
Mar. 4--In the first minute of this futuristic folly, during a rushed voice-over, Violet (Milla Jovovich) lays out the premise: After a viral plague hits, the world is divided into terrified humans and persecuted carriers, known as Hemaphages.
Good. Now that we got that tedious formality out of the way, we can get down to the real business of Ultraviolet, which is having Jovovich, part of the infected Resistance, chased around relentlessly by storm troopers. She's easy to spot. Everyone else in this dopey dystopia is wearing bulky hazmat suits and visors. Jovovich, the Ukrainian-born model-actress, is the only person with ...