Pulse is not a great horror film but it's certainly not a bad one either. It's 15 years old at this point which makes the film kind of slightly ahead of its time. The story centers around a virus of some sort that has deadly consequences for those who come in contact with it. There's an evil entity or life force that lives inside of a computer and like a lot of other horror movie plots it needs human beings to come alive.
The one thing I didn't care about in the movie was the use of the color blue. It becomes incredibly annoying when every other scene makes you feel cold and dreary. I guess I can understand why the director and the cinematographer wanted it to be that way but there was a lot of overkill with it. And it kind of has an effect on you when you're watching the film. It makes you feel cold and dreary.
What was enjoyable is that there are some shocking moments in the film. There's a few scenes that made me gasp and there's some good suspense and a few well done scares. And it has to be said that Kristen Bell is just one of the most beautiful actresses in my opinion. I could simply just watch her for 2 hours in a film and enjoy it on some level. Roger Ebert once said about Harry Dean Stanton that no film that he is in could actually be totally bad because Harry and Stanton is just so good. I'm not saying Kristen Bell is as good as an actor as Harry Dean Stanton but she has a presence on screen.
Overall Pulse is worth seeing even if it's just once. It moves pretty quickly, it's pretty well directed and if you can get past the cold and dreary blue images you might enjoy yourself for the 90 minutes that you're there.
But, what the hell was up with the red masking tape?
7/10
The one thing I didn't care about in the movie was the use of the color blue. It becomes incredibly annoying when every other scene makes you feel cold and dreary. I guess I can understand why the director and the cinematographer wanted it to be that way but there was a lot of overkill with it. And it kind of has an effect on you when you're watching the film. It makes you feel cold and dreary.
What was enjoyable is that there are some shocking moments in the film. There's a few scenes that made me gasp and there's some good suspense and a few well done scares. And it has to be said that Kristen Bell is just one of the most beautiful actresses in my opinion. I could simply just watch her for 2 hours in a film and enjoy it on some level. Roger Ebert once said about Harry Dean Stanton that no film that he is in could actually be totally bad because Harry and Stanton is just so good. I'm not saying Kristen Bell is as good as an actor as Harry Dean Stanton but she has a presence on screen.
Overall Pulse is worth seeing even if it's just once. It moves pretty quickly, it's pretty well directed and if you can get past the cold and dreary blue images you might enjoy yourself for the 90 minutes that you're there.
But, what the hell was up with the red masking tape?
7/10