Rating of
3/4
80%
CJP - wrote on 10/27/08
Action: 3/3 + Comedy: 0.5/2 + Good vs Evil: 1/1 + Love/Sex: 1/1 + Special Effects: 0.5/1 + Plot: 1/1 + Music: 1/1 = 8/10 or 80%.
Pulse takes on the existential dilemma of what happens when one dies. It claims that the greatest conceptual hell is complete isolation, denoting that everyone wants out, and every single frame of the film is a delicate addition to the overtly tense situation of these dead returning. It also shows the common man's reaction to having the answer to the question "what happens when one dies?" and it is not pretty.
Pulse builds tension on an unusually high level. The viewer will always feel that something is there or something is just about to manifest. The end result is that the isolated (or the dead) want the same thing as the non-isolated (the living), which is the quest for survival based on the hope that a new, better world exists somewhere.
