Ultraviolet

Take a look at this APOD picture of sunspots in ultraviolet light: APOD: 2006 June 11 – Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet

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I'm not sure I buy it -- it's the same concept Wimmers uses in "Ultraviolet" for the over-the-top scene where Violet is surrounded by thugs and dances out of the way of all of their shots until they've killed each other -- but it makes for some spectacular combat, including the climatic hand-to-hand gun fight between an unblinking Bale and the antagonist at the end of the movie.

ccfinlay: Equilibrium ccfinlay 2006

Just as in "Ultraviolet," it's clear that Wimmers knows how to frame a scene, set a mood, and film an action sequence.

ccfinlay: Equilibrium ccfinlay 2006

That said, Ultraviolet is generally uninteresting and visually amateurish.

1 Thanksgiving Weekend, 3 Bad Movies | Living the Liminal 2006

Combining bad action with a bad script, two-dimentional characters, and some truly awful computer animation, Ultraviolet is really only worth watching if you are a Milla fan who needs to see all her movies.

1 Thanksgiving Weekend, 3 Bad Movies | Living the Liminal 2006

Another U2 song - "Ultraviolet" - calls out for someone to light their way.

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I’m sorry, I don’t need critics to tell me that Ultraviolet is just another rehash from a notoriously lame genre … the action-chick-flick.

EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - For those of you wanting to see Ultraviolet 2006

For what it’s worth, Ultraviolet is rumored to have been hidiously cut up by the studio, a la Brazil, and that Wimmer’s original vision had a bit more intellectual integrity to it, instead of being a shinier version of Resident Evil Apocalypse.

EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - For those of you wanting to see Ultraviolet 2006

A new service called Ultraviolet creates a storage locker for your movies, to be watched anywhere on almost any device.

Coming to a Gadget Near You: A Movie for All Your Screens Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011

Chris Homeister , Best Buy's senior vice president of home entertainment, said the company is positioned to reap benefits from a fledgling industry standard called Ultraviolet under development by electronics makers and movie studios.

Retailers' Video, Music Services Spin Wheels Miguel Bustillo 2011