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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxTo say Wes Craven's rewrite of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 "Pulse" isn't as bad as it could have been sounds like faint praise, but Kurosawa's "Pulse" is one of the true masterpieces of recent Asian horror, and the track record for Hollywood horror redos isn't great.
- 50Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisIf Pulse is unsurprising as a horror movie (come on: chalky, soul-sucking freaks again?), as a campaign against the Internet, digital piracy, cellphones, and anything that computes anything (like laptops or brains), it's a riot.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckA horror film dealing with the terrors lurking via our computers, cell phones and other electronic devices, 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.
- 30VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerA dumbed-down remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's disturbingly abstract Japanese horror film.
- 25New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsHideously ugly to look at and not even worth following.
- 25New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickPulse bears more than a slight resemblance to a 1994 American horror called "Ghost in the Machine." They didn't screen that stinker in advance for critics, either.
- 25ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt's not scary, it's not chilling, and it's not interesting.
- 25The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Tedious, baffling and ultimately laughable.
- 20Film ThreatStina ChynFilm ThreatStina ChynLaughter erupts during scenes and certain close-ups that were designed to induce screams.
- 10L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyHere, the CG effects are plentiful, but the scare factor rarely rises above the level of a viral email, and the desaturated color scheme of Sonzero and cinematographer Mark Plummer makes every frame look as though it was developed in a solution of vomit and ash.