TheEmulator23 It's very enjoyable although starts a little slow. It's mostly frustrating because there was so much more story than just 6 episodes that were made. It so obviously needed a least another 2 years to sort of wrap something up. It leaves you wanting more but at the same time upset because you get into it & it completely leaves you hanging in every respect. Idris Elba is good as always & I liked the other leads too. It was nice to see a young Stephen Moyer("True Blood") play a vampire. This is one of those shows that I would like to recommend, but at the same time I wouldn't because of the complete lack of any sort of above mentioned conclusion.

robinelee (Because the IMDb does not have a content advisory feature for a TV series as a whole -- only for individual episodes, I provide this information in a user comment.)A recurring theme is a negative view of religion and of the Catholic Church in particular. For example, in episode 4, "Mea Culpa", the mother of a young boy (infected by the vampires) says that her husband (and the boy's father) is religious but that she's not. The boy had wanted to become a priest (prior to being infected). The mother expresses her relief that the boy has changed his mind (under the influence of the infection): "I want him to grow up normal".One vampire claims that vampires are the source of all religions.Several vampires object to being persecuted and called evil by the Catholic Church since they (the vampires) say they have the right to exist.Throughout the series, Michael uses the s-word about once an episode, and someone profanes the name of Jesus Christ about once an episode.Michael smokes cigarettes. Numerous characters drink alcoholic beverages.Episode 4 "Mea Culpa": Two guest characters are homosexual pedophiles, one has a police record for this; both are shown bringing young boys -- one is twelve -- to their homes. A third guest character is suspected of pedophilia: pictures of young boys are found in his home, but it's suggested they were planted.There is some violence, but not as much as might be expected given the two-fold premise of the series (vampires are organizing to control mortals and mortals are organizing to fight back). Vampires are shown biting someone two or three times. There are about five shootings, all but one is lethal. One vampire is shown being fatally stabbed in the back (in a fast-action sequence). When the vampires are exterminated, they burst explosively into flame and incinerate instantly, so there is no gore. In one episode, a dog attacks a young boy who is infected with a disease engineered by the vampires -- but only the boy's leg and the dog are visible during the attack; and one of the investigators violently slaps around a person being questioned. Several times, someone is shown vomiting; the vomit can clearly be seen coming out of their mouths.

djambruso 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.

sez-imdb Originally I saw Ultraviolet as a TV series, and recently again on DVD. Its compelling: it was all I could do not to watch the whole 6 episodes in one night. Other distinguishing aspects are the intelligent script, and clever plotlines.Characterizing Ultraviolet best however, the standout reason to experience Ahearn's dark vampire mythos work, is "understatement".There's no cut to extreme close-up as the protagonist realises what's going on, followed by a complete explanation in flashback. Dialog is sotto voce, offhand even. Sets, locations, effects are elemental, and still look good in 2003.For example - warning, slight spoiler - when Davenport's character D/Sgt Coleman first discovers what he's into, we discover it with him; rather than having it pushed in our face. The clues have been there; a bizarre pistol augmented with video camera and half-silvered mirror, the comments from Pearse. But is only as he aims the weapon that Mike is forced to the realisation that something evil has taken his old friends place.Watch it again. And again. There's more each time, and the fact that Ahearn _never_ uses the word vampire, is just one of many subtleties. In the opening captions for example the word "Ultraviolet" disappears letter by letter until "V" remains.The effect is artfully limned outlines resulting in a foreboding sense of shadowy figures operating in the periphery of the plot. This helps to emphasise the uncertainty of who can be trusted, who is malevolent and who seeks peace.Completely unlike superhero/schlock based vampire-mythos treatments (Buffy, Blade, Carpenters "Vampires") Ultraviolet revels in the drama of exploring the line between good and evil, faith and lies, living and undeath. Its strongly written medical and detective plotlines work through deeper darker human desires: to cheat death, to find lost loves, and to fight for ones humanity.Also unlike cinematic renderings (eg those based on Anne Rice, and Stoker novels) Utlraviolet carves out new territory in casting the vampire not as individualistic Euro-elegant anti-hero, but as pawns, bishops and rooks of an inexorable and invisible dark power.The characters created by Quast, Davenport, Elba and Harker are heroic in that they have given over their comfortable lives to know and fight evil, but they are vulnerable and human. Even Elba's Vaughan Rice knows he's fighting an evil too fast and powerful; and its his ingenuity that saves him, and his knowledge of his own mortality that makes us want him saved. The contribution of Davenport's Mike Coleman to the group is his cop cunning and intuition, not some lantern jawed, flinty eyed gunslinging. There is so much more in Ultraviolet it seems a terrible shame that only 6 episodes were made. Someone, somewhere please get Ahearn and the team back for season two!