Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet (2006)

Timing: 1:27 (87 min)

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Release date

2006-03-03

Country

United States, Hong Kong

Production

Screen Gems, Salon Films (HK) Ltd., Ultravi Productions

Genre

Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

Budget

$30 000 000

Revenue

$31 070 211

Website

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/ultraviolet/

Director

Kurt Wimmer

Actors

Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, Sebastien Andrieu, Ida Martin, William Fichtner, David E. Collier, Kieran O'Rorke, Digger Mesch, Ryan Martin
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Scenario

Kurt Wimmer

Producer

John Baldecchi, Pauline Chan, Tony Mark, Sue Jett, T.C. Wang, Charles Wang

Operator

Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai

Composer

Klaus Badelt

Artist

William Kan

Audition

Justine Arteta, Kim Davis-Wagner

Editing

William Yeh, Antonia Barnard, Ho Ching
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• The film features advertising for BMW motorcycles.
• The director's vision was based on a desire to retell John Cassavetes' classic thriller 'Gloria' (1980) in the style of a comic book-inspired adventure action film. The plot of 'Gloria' revolved around a beautiful and skilled woman with weapons who saves a six-year-old boy from the mafia hunting him.
• The third force between humans and hemophages consists of those of Chinese descent.
• Against director Kurt Wimmer's wishes, the film was completely re-edited by the studio, whose management was dissatisfied with the original version. They believed the film was too emotional for an action movie, and the subsequent new edit placed greater emphasis on tense scenes, also making it possible to receive a PG-13 rating. The film's duration was reduced from 120 to 88 minutes.
• Copies of the film were delivered to cinemas under the false title "Female Warrior".
• The language specifically invented for the film is called Taihindi.
• Kurt Wimmer wrote the script envisioning Milla Jovovich in the lead role.
• At the beginning of the filming process, the director asked Milla Jovovich to hit him to get a real sense of the force of her strikes. For the next several days, Kurt Wimmer had to direct the filming with a large bruise under his eye.
• Milla Jovovich's character utilizes a fighting technique in the film specifically developed by director Kurt Wimmer for his previous work, "Equilibrium" (2002).
• The DVD release of the film had a runtime of 94 minutes, compared to 88 minutes for the PG-13 theatrical release.
• Filming took place from February 9th to July 15th, 2004, in China, primarily in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
• Copies of the film were delivered to cinemas under the false title "Female Warrior" ("Woman Warrior").