Pulse (2006)

Decent Concept, Poorly Fufilled

Pulse is a horror movie, with a modern twist. Being in the so called digital 'myspace' age the internet seems necessary, it wouldn't be complete without the terror lurking within. Ghosts of some sort in some odd manor established the internet as a haunting ground! They can effect wireless gear, cell phones, and printer as well.

The concept seems a bit cheesy, but in all honesty it is somewhat original.The characters are presented with a chaotic mass suicide problem sweeping their city. The suicides seem not to be linked in any manor, but have touched home base with the leading female character (Mattie). To not spoil the movie, some frequencies were not meant to be touched... Some computers hide details on these events. Ghost will try to claim your will to live. Certain objects help prevent the ghosts from entering, but how long can one survive without the will to live?

As appealing as that may sound, the movie suffers from a short length (88 minutes), the effects are not too great, and the movie never really 'built' up. Upon understanding the basic plot, it feels like it's already over before it truly began! The ending felt rushed, and the scare factor was minimal. If you are still interested in this film, try a friday night rental for this, or catch it on a movie channel.

July 12, 2008

Ghosts from Cyberpsace

Pulse is not your average story of the Internet killer kind of thing. It is a story about a college student who has hacked his way into someone's computer and released a virus, or so they think. Weird things begin happening to those who use the Internet and people start to die or disappear.

The whole thing is focusing around the hacker's girlfriend who is trying to put a stop to this madness while losing her friends around her one by one.

I thought the movie was pretty entertaining and suspenseful up until the ending of the movie. The ending I was not pleased with one bit. I have not read the book this thing was based on, but the movie fan likes to see a happy ending, where all is safe, everything's over, life goes back to normal, and maybe it closes on one last demon remaining who has a quick clap sound effect to show it's not over, of the hand punching out of the ground, that sort of thing... not what they did for this movie.

If it was based on Mars, you might believe it, but it ends in a disbelief of reality that really spoiled the finale of this movie.

The overall FX and plot is OK, it was one of the better films I had seen for a while, well, up until the ending of the movie. It's pretty entertaining, but it just needed an alternate ending to help make it a better film.
June 29, 2008

PURE GARBAGE

i will not say much because most reviews already trashed the film enough ......... belive in them , this movie sucks , japanese movie sucks, i do not know why they became so important and "cult" nowdays ......... and the american remakes of the japanese films sucks even more. June 14, 2008

Great movie.

This movie is good. It looks and sounds good in HD.
Had one or two scares but nothing major. Wierd plot.
Thats why the 4 star instead of 5.
I love horror and this one was just ok. June 7, 2008

Hellish Vision of Technological Pandora's Box ...

Another reason to rethink your broadband connection?

PULSE offers a horrific vision of 21st century technology run amok. Malevolent beings somehow spread through modern day computer and technology systems to wreak havoc. The imagery is arresting as PULSE seems to offer a cautionary tale regarding the unintended consequences of our highly connected society.

Does your Blackberry need an exorcism? You may wonder after watching PULSE!!
May 21, 2008

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