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Pulse (2006) -- When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.
Pulse (2006) -- When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.
Pulse (2006) -- When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.
Pulse (2006) -- When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.
Pulse (2006) -- When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.

Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Wes Craven (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
11 AUGUSZTUS 2006 (USA) more
Tagline:
You are now infected. more
Plot:
When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Altogether awful. more (259 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kristen Bell ... Mattie

Ian Somerhalder ... Dexter

Christina Milian ... Isabelle Fuentes

Rick Gonzalez ... Stone

Jonathan Tucker ... Josh

Samm Levine ... Tim

Octavia Spencer ... Landlady (as Octavia L. Spencer)

Ron Rifkin ... Dr. Waterson

Joseph Gatt ... Dark Figure
Kel O'Neill ... Douglas Zieglar

Zach Grenier ... Professor Cardiff

Riki Lindhome ... Janelle

John Burke ... Newscaster
Mike J. Regan ... Phantom (as Mike Regan)

Steve Tom ... Male Newscaster #2
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi terror, disturbing images, language, sensuality and thematic material.
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90 min
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Kirsten Dunst was set to star originally and was supposed to shoot before returning to the Spider-Man 2 (2004) set. more
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Continuity: When Mattie enters her apartment at the beginning of the movie, she is wearing blue jeans. Then, while reading in bed, she is wearing light brown slacks. During her walk from her bed to Izzie's room, she is wearing the light brown slacks and suddenly has blue jeans on again. more
Quotes:
Mattie Webber: Just like Josh said, he pulled something through...
Dexter McCarthy: Pulled ghosts through the Wi-Fi? I just doesn't make any sense.
Thin Bookish Guy: [adding to their conversation] It makes all the sense in the world. Do you have any idea of the amount of data that's floating out there? The amount of information we just beam into the air? We broadcast to everyone where we are, and we think we're safe? The whole freakin' city is going insane, and we're acting like it's nothing. Well, it's not nothing. It's something we don't understand, and it is coming for us.
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Movie Connections:
References Saw (2004) more
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Delay the Wait more

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79 out of 126 people found the following comment useful.
Altogether awful., 24 AUGUSZTUS 2006
1/10
Author: platonickei from United States

I am sure you are all familiar with how a good book can be ruined by its movie rendition. Well, this is a perfect example of how a good movie can be ruined by its American remake. Sure there are advantages to Hollywood-ification; take a look at the difference in special effects for 'The Ring' and 'The Grudge'. But, in turn, what is then sacrificed is quality in story and plot development, case and point being the American 'Ring 2' involving an attack from possessed deer. Yes... deer.

The movie that inspired this one, 'Kairo' (aka 'Pulse'), had a very complex plot line with real suspense, real attachment of audience feeling, and real take-home messages. The storyline for the new 'Pulse' is something a child could have come up with and is highly reminiscent of a movie released a few years back - 'Dot com'. The whole direction and point of the American version is so far distant from that of the original Japanese that I have no idea why they didn't just separate themselves from it in the first place. Basically, whoever wrote the script had just seen 'Kairo' and thought to himself, "Hey, some of those scenes were awesome! And the way they did this and that? Wow." Twenty minutes later, the script for an 'original' Pulse was created where certain events were directly copied but liberated from all that 'plot' baggage.

Honestly, I cannot find an ounce of merit for this film. Not suspenseful, not scary in the least, and even the effects failed to impress. The action felt rushed, the logic behind everything abandoned for the sake of a 'just go with it', and the message dumbed down so far that even the densest of movie-goers can get smacked across the face with it.

I am not preaching that you should watch the original; just, please, for the sake of America's general intelligence level, do not consider this movie good or clever or inventive. Or good. Thanks.

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