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27 out of 100

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3.6 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 107 Ratings

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 18
  3. Negative: 11 out of 18
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    63
    To say Wes Craven's rewrite of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 "Pulse" isn't as bad as it could have been sounds like faint praise, but Kurosawa's "Pulse" is one of the true masterpieces of recent Asian horror, and the track record for Hollywood horror redos isn't great.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    60
    American director Jim Sonzero has taken the same campus setting and plot and added some rationale by "science-fictioning" it.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    30
    The American version of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Pulse" mimics the plot fundamentals, but lacks any traces of Mr. Kurosawa's creepy minimalism and conceptual rigor.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 16 out of 22
  1. DanK.
    10
    Great Film, genuinely scary at times. loved it
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Frank
    5
    The effects, both visual and sound, were great in the movie, but the actual movie itself wasn't good. The ending was terrible, and there was too much delay between the action. The "scary scenes" were obvios, and the previews gave away what could've been some of the best parts.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. SusanS.
    3
    It was very dark no color no surprises the most disturbing thing was the condition of the movie theater. I have seen scarier on the X- Files.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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