A remake that ain't an upgrade.
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09/05/06
Pulse (2006)
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Reviews Counted:67
Fresh:8
Rotten:59
Average Rating:3.5/10
Consensus: Another stale American remake of a successful Japanese horror film, Pulse bypasses the emotional substance of the original and overcompensates with pumped-up visuals and every known horror cliche.
Theatrical Release:08-09-2006
Synopsis: Jim Sonzero's remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Japanese horror hit KAIRO (2001) is a techno-thriller cowritten by Wes Craven (SCREAM, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET). Kristen Bell (VERONICA MARS) stars as... [More]
Starring: Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Rick Gonzalez, Samm Levine
Director: Jim Sonzero
Reviews for Pulse
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12/30/06
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09/23/06
Top CriticAs the ghosts suck the life out of their victims, the audience suffers the same fate.
09/23/06
Top CriticDecent horror remake with a strong cast, atmospheric direction and some genuinely scary scenes - you'll never log on to your computer again. Probably.
09/23/06
Pulse is a lesson in Horror Filmmaking 101 - a generic, uninspired slog through just about every single genre cliché ever committed to celluloid.
08/11/06
A handful of creepy visuals can't make up for a mountain of shortcomings.
08/19/06
It's intended as an indictment of our overdependence on communications devices, but the premise is out-of-this-world unbelievable.
08/12/06
It's not about blood, gore and oozing innards but unsettling creepiness that gets under a moviegoer's skin and makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.
09/23/06
A curiously dull Americanization of one of the finest examples of subtle, moody J-horror out there.
08/19/06
What was dreadful and trance-like in the original feels here like nothing-much-at-all sandwiched between some stock horror jolts.
08/17/06
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07/14/07
Like Naomi Watts and Sarah Michelle Gellar before her, Bell spends this Hollywood remake of a Japanese cult hit at an emotional dead end.
08/14/06
As is frequently the case with remakes, it probably would have been better to have let the original rest in peace.
08/19/06
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.
08/17/06
The film cleverly attempts to make technology as scary as the ghosts, but those most likely to fear technology are least likely to see it.
08/17/06
Aparentemente, não há aparelho moderno que seja imune à invasão de fantasmas dispostos a utilizá-lo a fim de se espalharem pelo mundo.
11/30/06
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01/16/07
Boring youth movies are the result of boring youth characters.
03/15/07
The new American remake is a soulless imitation.
08/14/06
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