Pulse

Name: Pulse
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Released: August 11, 2006
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 27
Cast: Christina Milian, Kristen Bell, Rick Gonzalez

2006

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Dimension Films | Release Date: August 11, 2006 | R

Starring: Christina Milian, Kristen Bell, Rick Gonzalez

Summary: Jim Sonzero directs this remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's apocalyptic horror classic.

Director: Jim Sonzero

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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Ken Fox

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. Read full review

Wesley Morris

If Pulse is unsurprising as a horror movie (come on: chalky, soul-sucking freaks again?), as a campaign against the Internet, digital piracy, cellphones, and anything that computes anything (like laptops or brains), it's a riot. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

In this American remake of the spooky, more-atmospheric-than-coherent 2005 J-horror thriller, the ghosts blink and crackle into existence with an electromagnetic sputter, but really, they're not so different from the gauzy, see-through spirits of yesteryear. Read full review

J.R. Jones

The remake begins with the same premise and appropriates the most striking visuals, grafting them onto a more explicable but equally dull George Romero-style doomsday scenario. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Pulse bears more than a slight resemblance to a 1994 American horror called "Ghost in the Machine." They didn't screen that stinker in advance for critics, either. Read full review

Jason Anderson

Tedious, baffling and ultimately laughable. Read full review

Scott Foundas

Here, the CG effects are plentiful, but the scare factor rarely rises above the level of a viral email, and the desaturated color scheme of Sonzero and cinematographer Mark Plummer makes every frame look as though it was developed in a solution of vomit and ash. Read full review

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CuriousStranger

Sep 26, 2012

Better than the original by far.

50 of 52 users found this helpful502

alliedcola

Sep 26, 2012

Great, scary film

32 of 33 users found this helpful321

Pencils

Aug 12, 2006

Not the best, but not bad. Quite atmospheric and creepy at times. No, it didnt make a lot of sense in spots, but, then, what horror movies does, really? Very few, so I don't worry about that part. I liked the low-key special effects. In the end, it's an enjoyable way to spend a Not the best, but not bad. Quite atmospheric and creepy at times. No, it didnt make a lot of sense in spots, but, then, what horror movies does, really? Very few, so I don't worry about that part. I liked the low-key special effects. In the end, it's an enjoyable way to spend a summer afternoon.… Expand

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SeanC.

Aug 16, 2006

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 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.… Expand

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moviegrabbag

Jun 13, 2011

This was just plain horrible. The acting was a joke, the plot was one big hole after another and all the charactors were just bad people. I was actually happy when they died, I am actually angry more of them didn't die! Don't watch this steaming pile of crap.

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beardish

Aug 18, 2006

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 ........

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AmitabhJ.

Aug 9, 2006

Simple...One of thw worst films ive seen...Not even worth the space it occupies on the web.

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