"Pulse" * (out of four): The title "Pulse" is ironic because that is exactly what this anemic horror attempt is lacking.

Any hopes I had for “Pulse” – the latest American remake of a Japanese horror film – were dashed pretty quickly into the film. After a protracted opening of false scares, the film introduces us to an innocuous, uninteresting group of students at an unnamed Chicago university who start to see strange images flash across their computer screens. And, wouldn’t you know it, the apparitions are both PC and Mac compatible. Then, a short time later, kids start disappearing. Like, a lot of kids. So much so that it’s on the news. Not that anyone in the film takes note. The characters, if I can call them that, can’t be bothered to generate much of a reaction; even the dramatic suicide of one of their best friends barely registers two scenes later.
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