recommended

good back-story, and good acting

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

This is a great series, unfortunately too niche at the time that not enough watched so no series 2. Cannot believe the concept has not been taken up for a modern twist!

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.

Ultra Violet is a gritty British crime drama set in modern day London. Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield's best friend disappears on the eve of his wedding to, Kirsty, the girl Colefield secretly loves. Colefield's search to find the missing bridegroom leads him to disturbing discoveries about his friend and unearths a secret enforcement agency operating within Colefield's own police force and their mission – to obliterate the hidden society of once human creatures, human blood sucking creatures.Leeches as they are called, look like us, act like us, and want many of the same things we do, which makes sense - they used to be us. Although the word Vampire is never applied to the heavies in this series, refreshingly, the classic tenets of vampire lore are maintained, (They can't eat food, they cast no reflection and have a perilous allergy to sunlight.) Updated to the 21st century, our secret agency uses ultra-modern day science to track, destroy and not quite dispose of these creatures.Ultra Violet is an excellently well made combination Brit TV, Police drama and Vampire chase. If you appreciate any one of these genres, I suggest that you check out this series, but be warned, It does not seem to be available for rental in the US as yet. I took a chance and purchased the 2 disc set sight-unseen from AMAZON.com for $26.99. I loved it, and while the story arc of the series does reach a reasonable conclusion, it's clear there were years of story left to this show. I must reiterate, my only regret in Ultra Violet is that it didn't have a longer run. If this has got you at all interested – check the more detailed reviews on AMAZON.COM.

What would you do if you could live forever? The wonders of compound interest would make you one of the richest men in the world and the accumulated wisdom would make you one of the most powerful... or the most sadistic. In this magnificently stylish Brit sci-fi, a team of policemen and doctors battle a plague of 'leeches': urbane, erudite vampires that really make you wonder who you want to win. With a strong sexual undertone (nothing explicit) and some high quality acting, UV redefines the vampire flick. Even seven years later, the scene where the hero wakes up in a warehouse full of coffins in the fading afternoon light remains with me. Oh, and what does the leader of the vampire killers do when he finds he has terminal cancer? Watch it and find out!