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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for violent and disturbing images
Starring Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, Riki Lindhome, Jonathan Tucker, Amanda Tepe, and Samm Levine
Jim Sonzero directs this remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's apocalyptic horror classic.
| GENRE(S): | Horror | Mystery | Suspense/Thriller |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Wes Craven
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (screenplay Kairo) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Jim Sonzero |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 5, 2006 Theatrical: August 11, 2006 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 87 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 3.5 (out of 10) based on 102 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Kevin B gave it a0:
I don't know why I even bother going to horror movies now a days. Because 99.9% of the time, the stuff directors chrurn out is crap, like Pulse. There is nothing scary about a computer virus. Unless of course you are a complete computer nerd. What makes this movie even worse, is the horrible acting. Big surprise, right? I pray for the day when a good horror movie comes out that will actually scare me. I've played computer games scarier than this sad excuse for a movie. The only thing scary about this is that I wasted $8.50 on a movie ticket to see it.
Robert M. gave it a1:
The only saving grace of this movie is Kristen Bell. The rest of it is lazy screenwriting. And red tape? Really? Come on... "they take your will to live." That's scary? No. It isn't. It's a good thing I didn't have to pay to rent this.
beardish gave it a2:
Moive remakes usually have the red flag indicating to potential viewers not to watch them. I'd sure like to say that Pulse wasn't like that, but I can't. I hate seeing good movies being remade into something that amounts to ........
Chad S. gave it a2:
"Pulse" blows. This filmmaker obviously has watched "Signs", the way in which he expands the crisis' scope from a local one to a full-scale apocalypse. Give M. Night Shyamalan some credit, the man knows how to direct his actors. For instance, he'd give more instructions to Brad Dourif than "act really, really crazy, man." As the two leads encounter survivors fleeing the city, that's when the real blowing begins. More over-acting, or maybe it's a consciousness that we gravitate towards pretty people. Would they for just anybody? The bad dialogue ably defeats Kristin Bell from the get-go. She laments not seeing the warning signs of her late boyfriend, and yet it takes ages for her, or anybody to notice that a friend under similar circumstances is also unresponsive to his text messages and cell calls.
WAJ gave it a2:
Although this movie had some decent visual effects and notable cinematography, the plot and acting left much to be desired. The movie seemed to have been made to show the director's/writer's hatred of how technology has become part of everyones lives. The beginning of the story spent more time acting as a commercial for razor phones rather than developing the charachters. By the end, the "moral" of the story is smashed repeatedly over your head, but the story itself strays and begins making less and less sense. It seems as though the writer or director began to run out of ideas and borrowed from much better horror/suspense movies such as 28 days later and The Shining. This movie is clearly not worth the ten dollars and definitely not worth the two hours or so of your life that it steals from you.
Sean C. gave it a2:
Everyone wanted to see this movie...the question I have for thoes people, is why? Why on earth would you ever want to disgrace your week by comming to the theaters and dropping 8 bucks on the biggest piece of crap you will see this summer. In fact I am so convinced this is the biggest failure in the last 10 years, I am willing to stake my annual income that each and every teen actor who appeared in this forsaken film will get hate mail by the millions.
Mr. Cheese gave it a1:
Remakes have had a dark history , some of them have defined what NOT to watch. Pulse is no other story, this "horror" movie tries to incorporate all of the best elements of horror and fails in all. The "scary" moments are extremely predictable and the story is laughable (dead people attacking by internet and phone connections, wanting to be whole again, how nice of them). The acting could definitely be better, you might be asking yourself if the main characters are mentally challenged since they walk to their demise without hesitating. The only good thing about this movie? It's a great comedy! My friends and I laughed throughout the entire movie, only watch this movie if you're a die-hard fan of Kurosawa's. Otherwise, you might not want to spend your hard-earned cash on this one and you deserve better.
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