Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008) (V)

Director:

Joel Soisson

Writer (WGA):

Joel Soisson (written by)

Release Date:

30 September 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Plague | Laptop Computer | Soccer | Hanging By One's Neck | The Color Red

Cast

Todd Giebenhain	...	Man in Red - Thomas Ziegler
Diane Ayala Goldner	...	Mrs. Sorenstram
Rachel Robinson	...	Alley Victim
Dodie Brown	...	Alley Phantom
Georgina Rylance	...	Michelle
Jamie Bamber	...	Stephen
Andy Martin	...	Suicidal Jumper
Claudia Templeton	...	Lisa
Lee Garlington	...	Aunt Carmen
Karley Scott Collins	...	Justine
Boti Bliss	...	Marta
John Gulager	...	Man on Bridge
Robin McGee	...	Hutch
Grant James	...	Uncle Pete
Vincent Rice	...	Storeroom Phantom
Kent Jude Bernard	...	Gas Station Attendant (as Kent Bernard)
William Prael	...	Cliff
Laura Cayouette	...	Amy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jackie Arnold	...	Zach McMurphy (uncredited)
David Brown	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Bruce Bryant	...	Refugee (uncredited)
Brooke Coleman	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Kip Cummings	...	Wanderer (uncredited)
Noureen DeWulf	...	Salwa Al Hakim (uncredited)
Brittany Renee Finamore	...	Justine (uncredited)
David Jensen	...	Schizophrenic (uncredited)
Paul Kampf	...	Various Voices (uncredited)
Lacie Manshack	...	Egyption Girl (uncredited)
Cindy McBride	...	Head Nurse (uncredited)
Amy McGee	...	Shop Worker (uncredited)
James Paul	...	Bus Patron (uncredited)
David Pitt	...	Orderly (uncredited)
Claudia Soisson	...	Woman in Street (uncredited)
Chuck Vail	...	Phantom Businessman (uncredited)
Thomas Wallace	...	Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Margaret Wren	...	Phantom (uncredited)
Courtney Shay Young	...	Captive Phantom (uncredited)

Directed by
Joel Soisson

Writing credits (WGA)
Joel Soisson		(written by)

Produced by
Christian Agypt	....	co-producer
Brian Cox	....	executive producer
Michael Leahy	....	producer
Anant Singh	....	executive producer
Ron Cosmo Vecchiarelli	....	line producer (as Ronald Cosmo Vecchiarelli)
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Elia Cmiral

Cinematography by
Brandon Trost

Film Editing by
Kirk M. Morri		(as Kirk Morri)

Casting by
Monika Mikkelsen

Production Design by
Ermanno Di Febo-Orsini

Art Direction by
Michael Barton

Set Decoration by
Marina Starec

Costume Design by
Julia Bartholomew

Makeup Department
Denise Baer	....	special makeup effects artist
Blake Bolger	....	special makeup effects artist
Jeff L. Deist	....	special makeup effects artist (as Jeff Deist)
Nicole Gaudin	....	key hair stylist
Jamie Grove	....	special makeup effects artist
Snowy Highfield	....	special makeup effects artist (as Peter Caine Highfield)
Michael Mosher	....	makeup department head
Mike J. Regan	....	special makeup effects supervisor (as Mike Jay Regan)
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	special makeup effects designer
Claire Jane Vranian	....	special makeup effects administrator

Production Management
Tim Clawson	....	executive in charge of physical production
Julie Haffner	....	executive in charge of business and legal affairs
Andrew Kramer	....	executive in charge of business and legal affairs (as Andrew J. Kramer)
Matthew Stein	....	executive in charge of production
Ron Cosmo Vecchiarelli	....	unit production manager (as Ronald Cosmo Vecchiarelli)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Danny 'Dano' Anderson	....	second second assistant director (as Danny 'Danno' Anderson)
Alisa Fredericks	....	first assistant director
Ben Ledoux	....	second assistant director (as Ben LeDoux)

Art Department
Jason lee Bartley	....	leadman (as Jason Bartley)
Bethany Barton	....	painter (as Bethany Hogan)
Bonnie Betancourt	....	property master (as Bonnie Temple)
John Betancourt	....	art department production assistant
Walter Dickerson	....	construction
Debra Hicks	....	painter
Phillip Joffrion	....	construction (as Phillip Jeffrion)
Fabio Masciopinto	....	construction foreman (as Fabio Maciopinto)
Courtney O'Bannon	....	art department production assistant
Demian Robinson	....	construction
Joe Walsh	....	construction (as Joe Walsh Jr.)
Chadwhick Whitehead	....	set dresser (as Chadwick Jay Whitehead)
Mike Herriage	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Jarrette Moats	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steven Avila	....	sound designer
Steven Avila	....	sound effects editor
Trip Brock	....	supervising sound editor
Gary Day	....	sound mixer
Chris Hixon	....	boom operator
Peter D. Lago	....	sound effects editor (as Peter Lago)
Doug Latislaw	....	adr mixer
Sean Madsen	....	sound engineer
Maggie Malyn	....	post sound coordinator
Greg Mauer	....	foley mixer
Dylan Perry Morgan	....	assistant sound editor
Rick Owens	....	foley artist
Alexander Pugh	....	sound effects editor
Mark A. Rozett	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Mark Rozett)
Jason Shaffer	....	sound effects editor
Kyle Tilbury	....	sound engineer
Steven Utt	....	foley editor (as Steve Utt)
Kelly Vandever	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ben Whitver	....	foley editor
Skip Williams	....	dialogue editor (as Bill 'Skip' Williams)
Brian S.M. Wroth	....	adr editor
Brian S.M. Wroth	....	dialogue editor
Andrew Stevens	....	sound mixer: interior scenes (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Kevin Carter	....	special effects contact lenses
Chris Elistrom	....	special effects technician
Jack Lynch	....	special effects coordinator
Joe Pelliccio	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Christy Beckert	....	visual effects compositor: Neo Digital (as Christina Beckert)
Doug Beswick	....	visual effects compositor: Neo Digital
Madalina Bland	....	roto artist
Sarah Blank	....	digital matte painter (as Sarah Birns)
Art Karkus	....	visual effects compositor: Neo Digital
Marc Leidy	....	visual effects supervisor
Chris Longo	....	visual effects producer
Philip Mangano	....	monitor content artist
Kevin O'Neill	....	visual effects supervisor
Sookie Park	....	visual effects compositor: Neo Digital
Don Phillips Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor
Miles Reetz	....	roto artist
Andrew Tilles	....	lead rotoscope artist
Georgiana Pana Tunnicliffe	....	roto artist (as Georgiana Tunnicliffe)
Gene Warren III	....	visual effects compositor: Neo Digital
Johnny Wilson	....	visual effects compositor: Neo Digital
Kevin Atkinson	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Francesca Di Amico	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)
Steve Strassburger	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Danny Cosmo	....	stunt performer
Mark De Alessandro	....	additional stunt coordinator (as Mark Dealasaandro)
Lex D. Geddings	....	stunt coordinator (as Lex Geddings)
Billy Golitz	....	stunt double: Gas Station Attendant
Anderson Martin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Ritzi	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Durk Tyndall	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ryan Joblin Allen	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as RJ Allen)
Kevin Atkinson	....	director of photography: second unit
Jayson S. Coddington	....	set lighting technician
Andy Colvin	....	camera operator: "a" camera
John Gregory Edwards	....	set lighting technician (as John 'Greg' Edward)
Brad 'Mo' Gremillion	....	set lighting technician (as Brad 'Meaux' Gremillion)
Richard Hollis	....	grip
Francis Edward Hughens	....	grip (as Francis Edward Hughens Jr.)
Randy Hughes	....	grip (as Randy Hughens)
Ryan McCoy	....	chief lighting technician
Robert Owen	....	grip
Joseph Ruiz	....	key grip
Michael Sandow	....	second assistant camera (as Mike Sandow)
Elliott Schackne	....	first assistant camera
T.J. Sebren	....	set lighting technician (as Thomas L. Sebren Jr.)
Jeff Snyder	....	video assist operator
Todd Thompson	....	grip (as Todd Neal Thompson)
Tedd Underwood	....	set lighting technician
Albert Winbush III	....	best boy grip
David W. Akin	....	epk videographer (uncredited)
Ed Barham	....	grip (uncredited)
Bob Bates	....	rigging gaffer (uncredited)
Andy Colvin	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)
Steve Dietl	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Abel Soto	....	best boy grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jay DeFelice	....	extras casting coordinator
Ryan Glorioso	....	casting director: Louisiana
Paul Kampf	....	voice casting
Gene Vassilaros	....	casting associate
Katrina Wolfe	....	executive in charge of casting: Dimension Films

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gayle Anderson	....	costume production assistant
Chasity Knox	....	costume production assistant
La Shan Knox	....	set costumer (as LaShan Knox)
Frances LeCompte	....	seamstress (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jacob K. Johnson	....	editorial assistant
Philip Mangano	....	assistant editor
Jeff Maynard	....	executive in charge of post-production: Dimension Films
Kirk M. Morri	....	post production supervisor (as Kirk Morri)

Music Department
Elia Cmiral	....	orchestrator
Elia Cmiral	....	score programmer
Nick Fevola	....	music editor
Nick Fevola	....	score synth programmer
Lori Leahy	....	vocal
Rachel Levy	....	executive in charge of music: Dimension Films
John Whynot	....	score mixer
John Whynot	....	music programmer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Dennis W. Cook Jr.	....	driver
Joseph M. Hancock	....	driver
Gerald Hardy	....	driver (as Gerald 'Slick' Hardy)
Frank Perrotti	....	transportation captain (as Frank M. Perrotti)
Daniel Woodcock	....	driver (as Danny Woodcock)

Other crew
Aaron Askew	....	first assistant accountant
William Bowling	....	craft service
Karen Brady	....	location manager
David Brown	....	set production assistant (as David Addison Brown)
Korey Budd	....	production secretary
Jennifer M. Byrne	....	post-production accountant
Robert Cline	....	set medic
Brooke Coleman	....	office production assistant
Anne Margaret Cooper	....	craft service (as Anne M. Cooper)
Arthur Dix	....	script supervisor
Trena Edwards	....	set production assistant
Allison Fredericks	....	set production assistant
Destin E. Gautier	....	additional accountant (as Destin Gautier)
Brad 'Mo' Gremillion	....	craft service (as Brad 'Meaux' Gremillion)
Hodge Grigsby	....	set production assistant
Winston A. Hall	....	office production assistant (as Winston Hall)
Mariah Breitel Hembree	....	post script services (as Mariah Breitel)
Andrew Lovell	....	office production assistant
Rachel Robinson	....	set production assistant
Rachel Robinson	....	set production assistant: second unit
Joshua Smith	....	production coordinator (as Josh Smith)
Claudia Soisson	....	second assistant accountant
Karen Vanderkuy	....	caterer
Scott Willmann	....	production accountant
Mona Coulter	....	travel agent (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Distant Horizons
• Neo Art & Logic

Distributors

• Dimension Extreme (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Dimension Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• M6 Vidéo (2010) (France) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Reel DVD (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sundream Motion Pictures (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Louisiana Media Productions  production services
• Monkeyland Audio  post-production sound services
• Monkeyland Audio  sound re-recording
• Reder & Feig  production counsel

Also Known As:

"Pulse 2" - USA (short title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, disturbing images, some sexuality, nudity and language

Runtime:

89 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA (2008) | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

El Paso, Texas, USA

Company:

Distant Horizons

Movie Connections:

Edited from Pulse (2001)

Still OK enough if you do understand the background of the whole story.

Seems to me that the reason for people to hate this movie is because they don't understood what is going in it. And I can't say I blame them. If you don't know any of the background, that the story was originally supposed to be about, this is one confusing and just plain bad movie to watch, since this movie and its predecessor does such a bad and lazy job at explaining stuff. However if you have seen the first original Japanese movie "Kairo" you'll understand things a lot more and better and you will even be able to appreciate this movie better.

But having said that, this still isn't a very good movie. Thing with this movie is that it has a very thin storyline that it follows. At first you think that this is all an introduction to a greater, bigger plot-line but after half an hour in you start to realize that this is actually it. There isn't really a point to the story in terms of trying to resolve a great conflict or attempt to find answers and a way out of things. Stuff just happens in this movie and its weak main plot line is not strong enough to really hold everything together, or to make this a very effective movie to watch. The movie its characters simply also aren't good or likable enough for that. The characters that potentially did seem interesting and strong hardly get developed in this movie and are being pushed to the background, so they instead make a redundant impression.

It's not a typical horror movie, which might also be the reason why the movies series never praised or recognized. It's hard to say what is the right kind of audience for these movies. Horror fans surely won't like it enough and those who aren't really into horror will probably never have any intentions of seeing these movies because of its main, still horror-like, concept.

I don't really understand why the first "Pulse" movie ever spawned a sequel. It's not like it was a financial or critical acclaimed success. Maybe it was still due to it's promising and different main concept. It was definitely a series with potential, especially when you see how well the original Japanese movie worked out but non of the Hollywoodized remakes ever managed to capture the right mood and to keep the right ideas in the movie. Instead they made some bad choices and additions to the story, in an attempt to still gain the interest of the horror buffs.

Can't say I really hated this movie but it certainly isn't a very strong one.

5/10

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