- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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2 out of 5
Director Kurt Wimmer follows up the bonkers-but-stylish Matrix cash-in Equilibrium with another futuristic action thriller - think Aeonflux meets Underworld. Set at the end of the 21st century, the film depicts a world in which a botched biological weapons experiment has created a subclass of vampiric humans that the totalitarian government is now trying to wipe out. At least one of these mutants, Violet (Milla Jovovich), is determined not to go down without a fight. However, the plot is mainly an excuse for the Resident Evil star to wipe out a ludicrous number of baddies in a series of form-hugging costumes. Nick Chinlund hams it up dreadfully as the villain of the piece, while youngster Cameron Bright (so good in Birth) doesn't have much to do except pout as the mysterious boy that Jovovich ends up protecting. Wimmer's hyper-stylised direction aims for a manga feel but that just makes it look even more like a shoot-'em-up computer game.
Plot Summary
Sci-fi action thriller starring Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright and Nick Chinlund. At the end of the 21st century the world is in the grip of a civil war between ordinary humans and a race of vampire-like creatures created by a genetically engineered virus. Caught in the middle of the conflict is a woman called Violet, who must protect a young boy wanted by the leaders of the opposing factions.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Violet
- Milla Jovovich
- Six
- Cameron Bright
- Daxus
- Nick Chinlund
- Nerva
- Sébastien Andrieu
- Garth
- William Fichtner
- Young Violet
- Ida Martin
- BF-1
- David Collier
- Detective Cross
- Kieran O'Rorke
- Detective Endera
- Digger Mesch
- Detective Breeder
- Ryan Martin
Crew
- Director
- Kurt Wimmer
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