Pulse

2006 UR 1h 28m DVD

Pulse

2006 UR 1h 28m DVD
  • Overview
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Mattie and her friends are trying to figure out what led her boyfriend to commit suicide. They soon find out he was working on a computer program that's passing on a deadly virus. Can Mattie and her friends stop the string of inexplicable deaths?
Cast
Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, Jonathan Tucker, Samm Levine, Octavia Spencer, Ron Rifkin, Joseph Gatt, Kel O'Neill
Director
Jim Sonzero
Format
DVD
Screen
Widescreen 2.35:1
CC
Yes
Audio
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Rating
UR -
age 16+
Common Sense rating OK for kids 16+
age 16+

Common Sense Note

Parents need to know that the movie is relentlessly dark, with a buzzing, spooky soundtrack: The grim music and noise hardly let up. It includes several deaths by grisly means: a college student hangs himself, while others are consumed by the machine-derived "ghost." All these deaths include screaming and shuddering, and are generally spooky and abstract. A couple of minor characters wield (but don't shoot) guns, demonstrating their desperation. Characters smoke cigarettes and drink; one of the girls sleeps with a guy she's just met at a bar. Some profanity, including one f-word, uttered in despair.

Sexual Content

Girls wear revealing clothes; discussion of porn sites at beginning mentions "tranny grannies" and Japanese girls in bondage; one girl appears in bed with a guy after she's slept with him (she puts on her jeans and leaves the room); flashbacks to young couple in bed kissing (his hand on her bare back, otherwise no skin); girl takes bath (only face and shoulders visible).

Violence

"Ghosts" emerge from machines and appear to ravage/suck life out of human victims repeatedly; nearly dead cat in closet; a young man hangs himself (close-ups of face and shoes only); car crash; fiery airplane crash; a fall off a rooftop; lost inside "the system," Mattie feels like hundreds of hands are grabbing at her; a couple of guns pointed (one by ghost at self, one by man on street at Dexter); ghost attacks Mattie and Dexter in truck, leaving their faces bloodied.

Language

One f-word; five uses of "s--t," other mild language (including "bitch" and "hell").

Social Behavior

College students function without effective adult guidance, feel alienated by their reliance on electronic communication devices.

Consumerism

Not applicable

Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol

Characters drink (beers mostly), several smoke cigarettes, including protagonist Dexter; verbal reference to "booze" in coffee.

  • Age appropriate
  • Not an issue
  • Depends on your child and your family
  • Parents strongly cautioned
  • Not appropriate for kids of the age

This information for parents is provided by Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving kids' media lives.

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