L.L.D.D. Chief of Research: Violet Song jat Shariff. Tell me I'm wrong
Violet: You're wrong.
L.L.D.D. Chief of Research: Why are you doing this?
Violet: Because I hate humans with every fiber of my being... and I'll kill every single one of them... almost as quickly as they'll try and kill me.
L.L.D.D. Chief of Research: You used to be human.
Violet: But not anymore, right? I got sick and now I'm something less than human. Something worthy of extermination.
L.L.D.D. Chief of Research: It's academic now, isn't it? You won't make it out of here with that case.
Violet: Watch me.
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Violet: I think I had to know what I was willing to die for.
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Daxus: [deleted scene, during the library fight scene] How much weaponry does she have left?
Daxus Aide 1: Based on scans taken from the security portal...
[pause]
Daxus Aide 1: plenty.
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Daxus: I have seven hundred soldiers here with me. What do you really think you can do against that many men?
Violet: I can kill them.
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Violet: What choice do I have?
Six: A very clear one. Watch me die. Or make me watch you do the same.
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[first lines]
Violet: Hello. My name is Violet and I was born into a world you may not understand.
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Garth: Why won't you ever let anyone inside?
Violet: Because these moments, as beautiful as they are, they're evil when they're gone.
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Violet: [to Six] When I was a kid... when I was just a little girl... I used to dream about this old, dusty road. And this road would go on as far as the eye could see. There were all these little white flowers growing around the edges. And it was such a peaceful place. But then you realize... when life settles in around you... places like this... doesn't exist.
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Violet: [to Six] Don't get any cute ideas either. The only reason I saved your life,,,is because whatever is in your blood can save mine. If they corner us, suffer no delusions... I will kill you.
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Violet: [facing a room full of Daxus' warriors] You are all going to die.
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Daxus: You got hemo blood on me...
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Violet: Because these moments, as beautiful as they are, are evil when their gone.
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Violet: [after dispatching a room full of Daxus' warriors] Is that all you got?
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Long-Haired Hemophage 2: How can you hope to defeat us? We're as strong as you...
Long-Haired Hemophage 1: ...we're as fast as you...
Violet: ...but are you one-tenth as *pissed off* as I am?
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Violet: Killing's what I do It's what I'm good at.
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Violet: Nerva, listen. You know it doen't matter for me. I'll be dead in 36 hours, no matter what. But every human for a quarter mile doesn't have to die with me.
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Violet: You think those people are bad? Well let me tell you something. The real monster you don't want to knocking down your door is me.
Six: If I scream... we'll both be dead.
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Violet: [in hushed tones] I am a titan, a monolith, nothing can stop me.
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Daxus: Do you know who I am?
Violet: How could I not? Tyrant. Egomaniac. Narcissist. That about sums it up, doesn't it?
Daxus: Yes it may be true. I may have... quirks.
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Violet: [to Six] Haven't you been paying attention? Killing is what I do. It's what I'm good at. I am a titan. A monolith. Nothing can stop me.
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Violet: I've never failed to complete
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Daxus: Are you mental?
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Violet: What the hell choice do I have?
Six: A very clear one. To watch me die... or make me watch you do the same.
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[Violet walks through a scanning device]
Computer: Warning. Warning. Firearms detected.
[Violet's possessions in the "pocket dimension" begin to appear, which happen to be two very long rows of identical handguns]
Computer: Number of weapons found...
[long pause]
Computer: many.
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Description
Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil, The Fifth Element), Cameron Bright (X-Men 3), Nick Chinlund (The Legend of Zorro) and William Fichtner (The Longest Yard) star in this theatrical set in the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease (Hemophagia), giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence, and as they are set apart from "normal" and "healthy" humans, the world is pushed to the brink of worldwide civil war (a war between humans and hemophages) aimed at the destruction of the "diseased" population. In the middle of this crossed-fire is - an infected woman - Ultraviolet, who finds herself protecting a nine-year-old boy who has been marked for death by the human government as he is believed to be a threat to humans.
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As an overdose of eye candy, Ultraviolet can be marginally recommended as the second-half of a double-feature with Aeon Flux. Both films are disposable adolescent fantasies featuring a butt-kicking babe (in this case, the svelte and sexy Milla Jovovich) in a dystopian future, and both specialize in the kind of barely-coherent, video-game storytelling that's constantly overwhelmed by an over-abundance of low-budget CGI. Director Kurt Wimmer fared much better with his earlier film Equilibrium, but he's trying for a lively comic-book vibe here (beginning with Hulk-like opening credits) with a digitally enhanced, Tron-like color palette. It largely suits this late-21st century story of a "blood war" between the ultra-violent Violet (Jovovich), member of a vampire-like group of resistance fighters infected with a man-made virus called the Hemophage, and the human Vice Cardinal Daxus (Nick Chinlund), who's determined to eliminate Violet's kind once and for all. Wimmer takes all of this way too seriously, crafting a plot involving Violet's rescue of a human clone boy (Cameron Bright) that's intended as an homage to John Cassevetes' 1980 drama Gloria, but Wimmer's good intentions are mostly lost in a repetitive series of chaotically choreographed fight scenes, mostly involving the tight-bodied Jovovich wiping out dozens of armor-clad enemies. It's all too numbingly hectic to qualify as a satisfying movie, but sci-fi buffs should give it a look anyway, if only to see how locations in Shanghai and Hong Kong contribute to the film's futuristic design.--Jeff Shannon
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