VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

HelenMary Coupling meets X-Files meets Moonlight meets The Beast.This British six episode mini-series is a slow burner, slow starter but a very slick, intelligent drama. It doesn't explicitly mention vampires - but it's called "Code 5" and it's about a church run agency that keep an eye on vampire goings on in London. Each episode is an hour length investigation into vampires attacking in a different manner, or something suspected to be them, within the story arc of the characters' own issues and history/personal experience with vampires.Jack Davenport (Coupling) plays the lead Detective convincingly. He's a sceptic, not really impressed with his new role in the squad, or with the religious connotations and funding of it either - the leader being a Priest. A sceptic and an atheist. The main other character is Dr March (Susannah Harker) the tech-wizz who researches into the "disease" that is vampirism and how to contain it spreading to the human population. It's a medical show, with lots of science bits, witty dialogue and clever twisting plots. Idris Elba plays Vaughan Rice another Agent who is the gung-ho man on a mission and is brilliant. He is a superb actor and he and Davenport play well off each other. It appears to be small budget with no big effects or toothiness, the vampires are human and realistic but traditional (drink blood, can't go out in daylight etc) with no silly surprises. It's a great modern take on the genre, with science and technology just as it would likely to be if it were real in modern England. It's played for drama, not comedy or action - very straight - and there is clever use of music, light and the sunset adds a real sense of dread and impending darkness. Without all the bells and whistles of "Hollywood" style action, the series could be dismissed as too slow for some viewers but there's so much to take in. It probably requires more than one viewing to fully appreciate all the nuances and catch all the dialogue as it doesn't spell everything out for you. Look out or a very 90s coiffed Stephen Moyer (TruBlood's Bill Compton) in a few eps.clever clever clever. fans of sci-fi and the vampire genre will enjoy this "thinking persons" mini-series with many existential and philosophical questions to answer.

mrtraska POSSIBLE SPOILER Brit drama rocks! I loved Ultraviolet when I first saw it a decade ago on cable and have been looking for a recording ever since (but now it's on DVD: excellent!). Contrary to popular opinion, it was NOT a regular TV series but an excellent six-part mini-series. The storyline is grim, and the characters struggle not only to do the right thing but also with what, exactly, the right thing might be, which isn't always clear. And the threat of infection, accidental or intentional, is real. Very credible storyline, and every performance is spot on.The best thing besides the wonderful casting, writing and acting is the combination of modern vampire tales with a scientific/suspense bent. Susannah Harker plays a no-nonsense, intriguing (if endangered) scientist fighting the clock. Jack Davenport is a weary, serious, disillusioned cop who partners with her to attempt to forestall disaster.The only thing I've seen since Ultraviolet that was as compelling, mind-bending and frightening was Torchwood's season 3 mini-series, Children of Earth. Ultraviolet is the thinking person's vampire tale, speculative fiction for grownups. It'll keep you on the edge of your seat.

ivan_mckeon This is an excellent and very original take on the world of vampireswhich takes the premise that vampires are a parasitical specieswho rely on humans for their existence. Unfortunately it fell foul of the irrational prejudices of the seniormanagement at the commissioning UK TV channel (Channel 4)and no second series was ever made. In fact, despite excellentratings, the existing 6 episodes have never been re-broadcast.Apparently, C4 bosses decreed that Vampires, Sci-Fi and similarsubjects were not to be shown during peak viewing times. As aresult, writer Joe Ahearne was forced to substitute the words"leech" and 'code 5' for "vampire" throughout the scripts in order toget the show on the screen at all.Despite this silly subterfuge, the story holds up well, combiningvampires with X-files type conspiracies. The result leaves theviewer a little unsure which is the greater evil, the vampires fightingfor their existence or the secret government agency who will useany methods to destroy them. Thought-provoking stuff whichdeserved to be further explored.

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.