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DVD Pulse (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Pulse provides clear evidence that by the summer of 2006, the cycle of American remakes of Japanese horror films had reached its inevitable downturn. After peaking with the Ring and scoring a marginal success with The Grudge, the cycle was almost guaranteed to sink to the low-point of this unnecessary and mostly lackluster remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 shocker. It benefits from a standard upgrade in CGI effects and doom-laden "bleak-chic" atmosphere, but it's almost completely devoid of suspense as a group of college students led by Mattie (played by Kristin Bell, TV's Veronica Mars) investigate the suicide of Mattie's boyfriend and discover a kind of wi-fi conduit that allows malevolent spirits to be transmitted from their afterlife to our world via the Internet – think of it as kind of a broadband connection from hell, if you will. Pretty soon it's obvious that Pulse is trying (as Kurosawa's original film before it) to serve as cautionary tale about how we've allowed our lives to become numbed and devalued by using technologies (computers, cell-phones, PDAs, etc.) that keep us all connected at the expense of personal intimacy. Many of the creepiest images from the original Pulse are carried over here, and director Jim Sonzero does his best to keep the cautionary themes intact, but at some point (and after a great deal of pre-release tinkering to fit the obligatory PG-13 rating for the lucrative teen market) you have to ask yourself: why bother? --Jeff Shannon
After all the bad stuff I heard about this movie I rented it with pretty low expectations; I just wanted to see the star of my favorite show (Kristen Bell of "Veronica Mars") in a horror film. To my surprise I really got into it. It's not particularly scary, but it's got an amazing look and style to it; definitely made me think of the Silent Hill video games. Bell and the rest of the cast provide better acting than most movies of this nature. Overall I really got caught up in the film. "Pulse" is nowhere near as good as "The Ring," but it's definitely better than "The Ring Two" and "The Grudge" movies. Worth a rental at least.
Another Disappointing New Horror Film...
I almost have given up on horror films these days. I usually just rent them out now for comedy- which is exactly what this film did for me. Yes the beginning was a bit on the creepy side sure, but after 40 minutes it just grows boring to the point where I started losing interest. So maybe because of that I missed a few things but it's obvious now by some of the other reviews here that it wasn't only I left confused at the end as I tried to place the entire film together. Overall this film does will not, I think, satisfy long time horror fans, but just gives the same old formula of many new horror films coming out with a plot that doesn't keep you too long. It is creepy in some spots sure, but nothing that will keep you up at night or even an hour after the film.
So yeah basically average actors are trying too hard to be scared play out a rather odd plot that doesn't fully make sense even towards the end. Matter of fact it just gets more confusing then. The ending is odd to say the least and yet by then I could have cared less. Nothing keeps you in your seat in this film except the curiosity of what is really going on and an interesting explanation on even how it is possible. And you only get loose ends regardless so I do not recommend this film. There are better horror films out there, both new and old.
Good God! What is wrong with Hollywood?
Ok, this review has no reflection on the writer or actors/acteresses. The plot was good, the acting decent, but filming sucked. This is so bubble gummy anyone who is thirteen years old or younger would enjoy. I will list my reasons why.
1: WHAT IS UP WITH THE METAL SCREECH IN EVERY HORROR MOVIE BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS? The metal screech isn't scary its annoying and it needs to be stopped. Did we hear a metal screech in The Hills Have Eyes, Hostel, High Tension, The Grudge, or The Ring, no we didn't.
2: THE EFFECTS SUCKED! I felt like I was watching a cartoon. Listen take notes from old school. The Exorcist, Jaws, Cujo, The Shining, Alien, Candyman, or Hellraiser,none of these movies were animated by computers, they used old school effects that looked real. It pisses me off that Hollywood is so sold out that people cant dig into their pockets and come up with an effect that looks real or half way decent.
3: WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE FLASHBACKS AND IRRITATING BLUE FILTER? This is so distracting, every flashback or dream had that blasted metal screech. ANNOYING! Also the film jumped around it reminded me of a music video from the 90's.
For future work please document the hard works of the following writers/directors: Alexandre Aja, Eli Roth, Miike, Clive Barker, Stephen King excluding Dreamcatcher and many more. If your going to do a horror movie make it worth it!
Nicholas Cage and Michael Pena star as two New York City Port Authority police officers in this magnificent film by Oliver Stone which describes one of the darkest days in the history of the United States: September 11, 2001.
Cage stars as Sgt. John McLoughlin, and Pena stars as officer Will Jimeno. These two men, along with a crew of other officers, entered into the stricken World Trade Center shortly after the brutal terrorist attacks. Their job was to go up inside the tower and assist with rescue efforts. However, shortly after entering the buildings, the collapse began. The officers immediately dove for an elevator shaft; supposedly one of the strongest places in the building. Despite their quick thinking, McLoughlin, Jimeno, and the rest of the officers are buried... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Oliver Stone DVD Release Date: Released the 12 December 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Produced by World Wrestling Entertainment mogul Vince McMahon, See No Evil a standard-issue death-fest designed for maximum gross-out appeal, and in that sense it delivers the goods with crushed heads, multiple eye-gougings, throat-rippings and other grisly fates that gore fans will want to discover for themselves. If your idea of a good time is watching a mangy dog urinate into the vacant eye socket of a corpse, this is just the movie for you! In an attempt to create a new horror icon like Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees, former porno director Gregory Dark and less-than-stellar screenwriter Dan Madigan have dreamed up a routine plot that's hardly original, but deviously addictive to anyone who digs this kind of stuff: Eight troubled and not-very-bright teens, fresh out of a... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Gregory Dark DVD Release Date: Released the 28 November 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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With its brisk 83-minute running time, An American Haunting is compact enough to be recommended as an occasionally spooky sampling of historical horror. Based on Brent Monahan's novel The Bell Witch: An American Haunting, which in turn was inspired by the only known case (from 1818-20) in which the U.S. government officially acknowledged a death by supernatural forces, writer-director Courtney Solomon's film is a well-crafted 19th-century case study involving Tennessee land-owner John Bell (Donald Sutherland), his worried wife Lucy (Sissy Spacek), and the terrifying abuse of their daughter Betsy (Rachel Hurd-Wood) by a malicious poltergeist. Intensified by excessive sound effects and a nerve-jangling score, these nightly hauntings won't scare anyone who's seen The... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Courtney Solomon DVD Release Date: Released the 24 October 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Bearing absolutely no resemblance to the 1980s TV series that helped to propel Michael Mann into big-time filmmaking, Miami Vice is the kind of serious, and seriously stylish, crime drama that Mann does better than anyone else. As written by Mann himself, this undercover sting thriller doesn't reach the peak intensity of Mann's 1995 classic Heat, and it lacks the tight, nail-biting suspense of Collateral, but that doesn't mean it doesn't occasionally pack a wallop. As Miami detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs (respectively), Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx don't have to do much but mumble their plot-thickening dialogue and look ultra-cool in the casual cop attire, and their partnership is rather lifeless on screen (perhaps owing to the fact that this was a... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Michael Mann DVD Release Date: Released the 05 December 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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