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Pulse on DVD
Filed under: Horror », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », New on DVD », The Weinstein Co. », Home Entertainment », Remakes and Sequels »
It's weird to think of almost $20 million as chump change, but that's how the movie game is played. Pulse hasn't set any box office records, having pulled in a mere $19,703,256 as of this past weekend, which is unfortunate for this solid horror film. Kristin Bell (star of TV's Veronica Mars) proves she can carry her own weight in features, and the movie has some great creep-out moments with apocalyptic overtones. Kairo, the Japanese film on which Pulse was based, is a collection of interesting scenes, separated by moments of tedium and all strung together by a narrative that refuses to coalesce. Some may cry "blasphemy" when they read this, but Jim Sonzero's remake clarifies many of Kairo's infuriatingly vague elements, creating a truly rare cinematic phenomenon: a remake that improves upon the original.The film deserved to do better, but I am confident Pulse will find its audience on DVD. The disk streets on December 5 with a 90-minute unrated cut, 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer, and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. Extras will include a commentary track with the filmmakers, deleted scenes, as well as the featurettes Creating The Fear: Making Pulse, The Visual Effects Of Pulse, and Pulse And The Paranormal. There will also be an 87-minute PG-13 version available in fullscreen only.
[via Bloody Disgusting]
Pulse Director Doesn't Dig the MPAA or the PG13
Filed under: Horror », The Weinstein Co. »
The American version of Kairo (aka Pulse) feels like it's been "coming soon" for about three years now. The flick's seen multiple release dates and delays, re-shoots and re-snips for the MPAA, and then one final debut jump with no press screenings in sight ... Voila. Pulse opens today at a theater near you.But first-time director Jim Sonzero has a few bones left to pick with the MPAA, as evidenced in this recent interview at Bloody-Disgusting.com (which I find semi-ironic, in that PG-13 "thrillers" are generally neither bloody nor disgusting). The director joked that "nobody under 66" was involved in the rating process, and he goes on to state "The MPAA, the studio wanted the PG-13 audience because we wanted to tap into and exploit Kristen Bell's market."
Spoken like a true auteur. Mr. Sonzero also makes it very clear that he's an "R-rated" movie fan who doesn't much care for PG-13-style genre flicks, which is just ironic enough to avoid discussing.
After some censor-friendly snips, Pulse is now rated PG-13 for "intense sequences of sci-fi terror, disturbing images, language, sensuality and thematic material," which makes me wonder why we even have a rating system at this point. One this arbitrary and stupid, anyway.
Early look at Pulse remake: really, really bad
Filed under: Horror », New Releases », RumorMonger », Remakes and Sequels »
A JoBlo tipster had the dubious pleasure recently of
seeing an early screening of Pulse
- Jim Sonzero's remake of the 2001 J-horror flick of the same name -
and boy is he unhappy about it. Though his report (linked below) is less of a film review than a (mostly
understandable) diatribe against crappy remakes, the fact that the movie sucks comes through loud and clear. Acting, by
a cast full of TV stars? Terrible. (But...Kristen Bell! Veronica Mars! How can she be bad?) Writing, by FIVE assorted
scribes? Awful. Atmosphere? Nope. Editing? Crappy. Overall? To quote the angry man himself, "No amount of post
production work will help this film." Yikes.Hey, there's one positive: if you came through that still eager to see the film, it's safe to read the review - it's spoiler free.
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