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'Pulse': An intense, moody remake
by Christy Lemire

"Pulse," yet another Americanized version of a Japanese horror flick, is extremely high concept — and trying very hard to be About Something. It's intended as an indictment of our overdependence on communications devices, but the premise is out-of-this-world unbelievable. A computer hacker unleashes a wireless signal that's pure evil — that sucks the life out of everyone who comes into contact with it, prompting mass suicides and urban chaos. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
In this American remake of the Japanese horror film, wireless technologies make a connection to a world beyond our own. When you turn on your cell phone or log on to your e-mail, you'll be infectedby evil signals that aim to take from you what they don't have anymore: life.

FILM FACTS ...

Dimension Films

'Pulse'

Director: Jim Sonzero
Starring: Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Samm Levine, Rick Gonzalez
Run time: 88 minutes
Release date: August 11, 2006
Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi terror, disturbing images, language, sensuality and thematic material.
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Original fear
See what movie critics had to say about the original Japanese film.

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READ THE REVIEW

The Associated Press: B-
"...characters and dialogue are far more grounded in reality than those of most frightfests."