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ULTRAVIOLET 
Distributor: Kaleidoscope Film 
Certificate: MA15+ | 300 minutes 
Writer/Director : Bill Aherne  
Cast:
Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba, Colette Brown, Fiona Dolman
Extras: Yes
Easter Eggs: Not Known 

Made in 1998 by Channel 4 in the UK Ultraviolet was certainly a cut above your average sci-fi/fantasy series and with an intelligence that harked back to classic sci-fi of thew sixties such as Counterstrike of the early seventies with The Guardians.

Jack Davenport stars as Michael Colefield a detective sergeant who sees his partner killed in the line of duty, when he returns apparently from the dead Michael discovers that a group of vampires are creating havoc throughout Britain; The Vampires are becoming more blatant in their actions, believing that with humankind’s future looking increasingly bleak they have to recruit as much new blood (sorry J ) as they can; Michael finds himself drafted into a special government agency, the CIB, put together to try and combat the menace.

By adding the twist of the vampires not killing to feed it turns the whole structure on its head, no clear delineation between good and evil, the vampires even attractive to some with their promise of eternal life.

Very cleverly Ultraviolet takes the centuries old vampire mythos and brings it smack up to date, these vampires don’t go around spooking people for the sake of it, they don’t kill to feed and they look like everybody else (only with a cooler wardrobe).

Despite only 6 episodes being made Ultraviolet is still one of the classiest fantasy shows made in recent years and certainly makes shows with a similar theme such as Buffy look like what they really are – kids stuff.

With it’s superior action, fantastic concept, and the kind of ideas that leave you thinking, Ultraviolet is very classy indeed.

EXTRAS: Cast and crew bios, photo gallery, trailers, the production company launch promo weblinks and a PC screensaver

 


                              

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