"Ultraviolet" (1998) TV series

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

31 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

They Look Like Us. They Act Like Us.

Plot:

Michael Colefield is unwillingly thrust into the nightmarish world of vampires when he discovers a secret...

Plot Keywords:

Undercover | Secret | Police | Vampire | Secret Government Organisation

Cast

Fiona Dolman	...	Frances Pembroke (6 episodes, 1998)
Jack Davenport	...	Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield (6 episodes, 1998)
Susannah Harker	...	Dr. Angela 'Angie' March (6 episodes, 1998)
Idris Elba	...	Vaughan Rice / ... (6 episodes, 1998)
Colette Brown	...	Kirsty Maine (6 episodes, 1998)
Philip Quast	...	Father Pearse J. Harman (4 episodes, 1998)
Thomas Lockyer	...	Journalist Jacob Keanault (4 episodes, 1998)
Elizabeth Earl	...	Rose March (2 episodes, 1998)
Stephen Moyer	...	Jack Beresford (2 episodes, 1998)

Also Known As:

Crossing the Line (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

300 min (6 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Southwark Bridge, Southwark, London, England, UK

Company:

World Productions

Trivia:

Susannah Harker, who plays a vampire hunter here, is in reality a descendant of Jonathon Harker, a friend of Bram Stoker, and who was immortalized in Stoker's novel "Dracula".

Quotes:

Father Pearse J. Harman: Our free range days are over.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Underworld (2003)

Simply the best

vampire series or movie that I have ever seen. In fact, I'm hard pressed to think of any science fiction series or film that does it better. It takes one absurd premise (that vampires are real, and that, while still apparently composed of atoms and reflecting light, they nevertheless cannot be seen in mirrors, filmed, recorded, or detected by any indirect process) and then follows it with rigorous logic. The vampires (or leeches, as they are referred to) do not age or die, and they have had centuries to form a shadowy international conspiracy. Their goals and plans are murky, although their general motive is simple--ensure their food supply. Our heroes (or perhaps 'heroes') are a beleaguered team of humans trying to uncover the truth and break the undead cabal. In this respect, Ultraviolet resembles the X-Files, with some happy improvements. The vampire conspiracy is not essentially infallible. It is not so all-encompassing that our heroes survive only at the whim of their adversaries. And, the conspiracy doesn't enjoy that great advantage of most screen villains: the writer makes sure that they get away when the plot calls for it.

A really good show. Get it on DVD and watch it.