swagman1uk A very underrated mini series which should have led to a long running saga if the producers had listened to public opinion. Mike is a cop with attitude who is inadvertently recruited into the CIB an SAS type special unit,when he witnesses the death and apparent explosion of a Vampire,with many twists and turns to the story,it gives a modern approach to an old saga about good v Evil, one of the only vampire series i have seen ,that has a lot of its story intertwined with fact, IT COULD HAPPEN.Stars many household names,such as Jack Davenport who went on to star with Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.State of the Art special effects,has to be seen at least once and please tell the producers to continue this excellent series.

bleffler This is one of the series I can watch again and again. I love it more and more every time I watch it. It's dark, moody atmosphere pulls you in from the very beginning, and keeps you glued to your seat for the full series.All six episodes are integral to six hour story line in which Mike Colefield (Jack Davenport) struggles to come to terms with what happened to his friend Jack Beresford (Stephen Moyer), and to choose sides in Humanity's war against Vampires which is nearing it's climax. It will keep you guessing as to who's good, and who's bad until the very end.I have to say that the series is a bit subtle for a mini-series. There are countless small details that can be overlooked during the first (Or even second in my case ;) Some of the plot elements aren't explained very well either. While this gives the series a "smart" feel to it, it makes it harder to understand.As I said before I thoroughly enjoyed this series, and I'll pounce on a second season if there ever is one.

dr_foreman I think Hollywood has forgotten how to do vampires. I grew up watching gothic, quasi-religious Hammer Horror films from good olde England. But, sadly, period pieces are no longer popular...neither are positive depictions of religion, for that matter. The days of Dracula stalking through Victorian London and being repelled by crosses are over. Nowadays, we get scantily clad teenage girls or George Clooney kicking vampire butt with kung fu and shotguns. It's been a long, long downward spiral for the lords of the Undead.And yet, every once in a while, I ferret out a little vampire gem. The "Ultraviolet" DVD set was gathering dust on my brother's shelf when I decided to give it a whirl late one night. I didn't get hooked right away; the direction in episode one is a bit disjointed, and the first modern day vampire looks cheesy. But, ten minutes in, I found myself starting to care about the characters. They got me.This, my friends, is how to do vampires today. Religion is acknowledged, but is not an overwhelming force. Modern technology is used to combat the vampires more effectively, but they're still formidable foes - so you won't see them overcome with holy water-filled Super Soakers. In fact, "Ultraviolet" consistently plays to the vampires' strengths. They're subtle, stealthy, and seductive...like vampires should be. In too many recent films, they've been depicted as zombie-like "shock" troops; here, they're back in best scheming form. After all, if you live forever, you have lots of time to make elaborate plans...Not much by way of special effects here, but they're not really needed. There are some truly great suspense segments (particularly in episode five), and the acting is solid all around. I don't really think Jack Davenport ("Coupling") is miscast, as one other commentator suggested; he makes a good everyman.The closest American counterpart to "Ultraviolet" is "The X-Files," but the investigations in that show just didn't seem realistic to me. The police and medical procedures in "Ultraviolet" are, on the surface, more authentic. They're probably still bogus, but at least they're not *as* bogus.Sadly, the Brits only made one six-episode season, and creator Joe Ahearne says he pretty much got his message across in that short time. So, if you have six free hours to watch the best vampire entertainment in years, go to it!

Stefan-Kuppen-1 A friend recommended the series to me. He said it was (sort of) a symbiosis between the X-files and a good sci-fi horror movie. Never being a fan of the X-files I decided not to see it. Luckily my girlfriend thought otherwise. She came home one day saying she bought the mini-series, so we watched it together… and watched …and watched, for 6 highly entertaining hours.Ultraviolet offers a unique perspective on the vampire genre. It's creative and new, but still offering some of the traditional vampire characteristics (no reflection in a mirror, eternal life, the leeching of blood). I especially liked the fact that the evil was so convincing. Of course Code 5 is bad, I knew that, but gradually I started to sympathise with the point of view of the leeches. The fact that the good guys all had some serious character flaws made the series all the more interesting.