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Summary: "Your free range days are over."
Review: Ultraviolet is a slick creepy thriller that ventures far from the vampire genre. Fangs, wooden stakes,garlic cloves,crucifixes are not the centerpiece of the weapons used against the "leeches", as one character calls them.{Though all are employed,ingeniously}. The vampires present themselves as a persecuted minority, trying to live in harmony, hunted by the church and its associates. The hunters are a hemotologist, a Gulf war veteran, a London Cop and a priest,all of whom have their reasons{which unfurl brillaintly}. Only the priest never loses sight of what is at stake, for the eternal life offered is rather seductive.The story is multilayered,with political, financial, enviornmental, racial and religious overtones. The ultimate question is are they looking for peaceful co-existence{by creating synthetic blood} or is there something more sinister. This series succeeds on so many levels. The four leads{Jack davenport,Susannah Harker, Idris Elba and Philip Quast} are absolutely on target,each inhabiting their character to the degree that by the 6th episode{two discs], you feel something for these folks. Much of the violence is implied, with very few of the blody scenes usually accompanying this genre.Channel 4 has lived up to its usual brillaint standards. This is cool,creepy and very ,very good. The title refers to a comment made by the priest to the cop early on. It sums up the series well. RExcellent, and damned good fun!!!!!!!
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Summary: The Vampire Who Came In From The Cold
Review: When I first encountered Ultraviolet I was afraid it was going to be another shoot-em-up vampire-killer flick, but was pleasantly surprised to see that the vampire premise was just an excuse to pump some blood into the dead genre of the Cold War drama. I couldn't help but notice parallels between UV and the great BBC Cold War epics like Jean LeCarre's 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' and 'Smiley's People' (ESPECIALLY the bridge scene at the end). You probably will not like Ultraviolet if you are not a fan of sci-fi, horror or British programming. Some viewers may find the episodes involving pedophilia and abortion to be in poor taste. Interesting plot, great score, good (British) acting
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Summary: Great stuff
Review: Wonderful take on the "Code 5" story. I've watched it twice already and while I haven't seen all the extras mentioned here, all I can say is GIMME MORE! Let's see a second series of this instead of one more reality-tv show.
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