Ever wonder what the result of putting together Robin Cook, Bram Stoker and John Woo would look like? Well, look no further than “Ultraviolet.”

Kurt Wimmer’s freshman outing was “Equilibrium,” a film borrowing heavily from George Orwell and the Wachowski Brothers. “Equilibrium” had an energy in its execution making it fun and exciting. However, the same energy is unfortunately misdirected in Wimmer’s sophomore film.

Violet (Milla Jovovich) is a hemophage; a person infected with a vampire-like condition and slated for termination by her society’s cleanly-obsessed nature. A mysterious child named Six (Cameron Bright) holds the key to either curing or killing the hemophages. Violet is first ordered to find, then destroy, the child. When her conscience prevents her from carrying out the order, Violet takes Six under her protection, and then is targeted by both her fellow hemophages and the sinister Daxus (Nick Chinlund).

What follows is a story equal parts “I Am Legend” and “The Professional.” But Wimmer drops the ball in execution. Whereas “Equilibrium” made use of slick, but unobtrusive CGI backdrops, “Ultraviolet” overuses CGI in depicting everything from buildings to helicopters, with a result looking like something from a 10-year-old arcade game. While “Equilibrium” had exciting fight scenes, “Ultraviolet” is so lazy and uninterested in its own action sequences, half the time bad guys slump over without explanation.

This isn’t to say “Equilibrium” isn’t without its good points. The action, although many times tedious, can be rewarding and the cinematography and script also had their moments. But CGI overkill and clunky exposition prevent any of these merits from taking effect.

“Ultraviolet” ultimately exists as the evil twin of “Equilibrium”: a lackluster disappointment less than the sum of its parts.