Ultraviolet (film)

Ultraviolet
A woman with black hair and red lips, dressed all in white, and pointing a sword
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKurt Wimmer
Written byKurt Wimmer
Produced byJohn Baldecchi
Starring
CinematographyArthur Wong
Edited byWilliam Yeh
Music byKlaus Badelt
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • March 3, 2006 (2006-03-03)
Running time
87 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[2][3]
Box office$31.1 million[2]

Ultraviolet is a 2006 American science fiction action film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer and produced by Screen Gems. The film stars Milla Jovovich as Violet Song, Cameron Bright as Six, and Nick Chinlund as Ferdinand Daxus. It was released in North America on March 3, 2006 to negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 27, 2006.

Violet Song Jat Shariff, a woman infected with hemoglophagia (a fictional vampire-like disease), lives in a future dystopia where anyone infected with the contagious disease is immediately sentenced to death. With her advanced martial arts skills, a group of rebel hemophages, and a boy named Six, whose blood may contain a cure for the disease, Violet goes on a mission to overthrow the futuristic government and defeat Ferdinand Daxus.

A novelization of the film was written by Yvonne Navarro, with more back-story and character development. The book differs from the film in a number of ways, including a more ambiguous ending and the removal of some of the plot twists. An anime series titled Ultraviolet: Code 044 was released by the Japanese anime satellite television network Animax, and created by Madhouse.[4]

  1. ^ "ULTRAVIOLET (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 17 March 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2022. 87m 22s
  2. ^ a b "Ultraviolet". Box Office Mojo.
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  4. ^ "Ultraviolet Anime Announced". Animekon. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2008.