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Pulse

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Sequel:

Pulse 2: Afterlife

Remake of:

Pulse (Kairo)

Original title

Pulse

Year

2006

Running time

90 min.

Country

United States

Director

Jim Sonzero

Screenwriter

Wes Craven. Remake: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Cast

Music

Elia Cmiral

Cinematography

Mark Plummer

Producer

The Weinstein Company

Genre

Horror. Thriller | Supernatural. Ghosts. Remake. Computers / Internet

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Pulse

Synopsis

Imagine our wireless technologies made a connection to a world beyond our own. Imagine that world used that technology as a doorway into ours. Now, imagine the connection we made can’t be shut down. When you turn on your cell phone or log on to your e-mail, they’ll get in, you’ll be infected and they’ll be able to take life.

Critics' reviews

"Sonzero’s 90-minute version feels longer than the two-hour original, its turgid pacing and lazy generic ticks inducing the same boredom and lethargy as the onscreen virus"
"If Pulse is unsurprising as a horror movie, as a campaign against the Internet, digital piracy, cellphones, and anything that computes anything, it's a riot"

Wesley Morris: Boston Globe
"Ultimately, the glacial pace kills Pulse. What was dreadful and trance-like in the original feels here like nothing-much-at-all sandwiched between some stock horror jolts"

Keith Phipps: AV Club
"Pulse isn't nearly as scary as watching your hard drive crash or having your BlackBerry conk out in the middle of a vital call."

Frank Scheck: The Hollywood Reporter
"An unrewarding experience that won't scare you, but might make you think twice before opening email attachments."

James Dyer: Empire
"'Pulse' mimics the plot fundamentals, but lacks any traces of Mr. Kurosawa’s creepy minimalism and conceptual rigor."

Nathan Lee: The New York Times

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Pulse

2006

Jim Sonzero

3.9

(4,928)