To 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. Still, this fairly close remake, which wound up in the hands of director Jim Sonzero after Craven dropped out (leaving behind his original screenplay), isn't without problems. Like most of her university friends, psychology major Mattie Webber (
Veronica Mars's Kristin Bell) stays connected to the world around her primarily through electronic devices: She IMs pals Isabell (Christina Milian), Stone (Rick Go...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
n/a