Pulse 3 (2008)

A restless girl embarks on a journey back to a city populated by the dead in search of a mysterious internet lover.

Director:

Joel Soisson

Writer:

Joel Soisson

Stars:

Noureen DeWulf, Rider Strong, Lynn Blackburn

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Noureen DeWulf	...	Salwa
Rider Strong	...	Adam
Lynn Blackburn	...	Teacher
Jackie Arnold	...	Zach
Brittany Renee Finamore	...	Justine (as Brittany Finamore)
Georgina Rylance	...	Michelle
Robert Gibson	...	Bluesman (as Robert 'One String' Gibson)
William Prael	...	Cliff
Laura Cayouette	...	Amy
Karley Scott Collins	...	Young Justine
Snowy Highfield	...	Heartthrob
Marcus M. Mauldin	...	Burly Man (as Marcus Mauldin)
Thomas Merdis	...	Caleb Wilkie
Diane Ayala Goldner	...	Sarah Wilkie
Courtney Shay Young	...	Captive Phantom

Storyline

Seven years into the invasion, humankind has fled the cities where billions have died from a plague spread through the internet. JUSTINE (17) dreams of a life beyond her squalid refugee camp where all technology is taboo. She discovers the last working laptop and opens it like Pandora's Box. Someone is waiting for her online. And that someone wants desperately to meet her. The only catch, she must return to the city. With a longing that surpasses fear, Justine embarks on a terrifying journey back to the heart of where it all began. What waits there is something she could not possibly have imagined.

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Plot Keywords:

part of a trilogy | third part | laptop | post apocalypse | two word title | 

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Taglines:

You Can't Stop The Invasion.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence and language

Did You Know?

Goofs

At 11:28-11:30 when they are at the table, you can hear a cell phone ringing but no cell phones or computer can be used because they cause the ghosts to appear.

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Crazy Credits

Watch after the credits for an additional scene. The last string of the guitar player at the camp breaks and he looks at it in despair.

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Connections

Follows Pulse (2006)

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Soundtracks

Calling All Cars
Written by Kevin Pullen and Chris McInerney
Performed by The Dunes
Courtesy of Curve Music

User Reviews

Actually enjoyed it...

I actually enjoyed this third outing of the Pulse trilogy. But well... it is still a bad movie.

First off we get to see a couple in love via internet. He's American, she is Egyptian and they have cyberlove for over 10 months. She gets infected and kills herself off. He is in shock.

Fast forward seven year and we get to hook up again with Justine (the youngling from part 2), who has now turned into a rebellious teen in a Amish society. Taken over by foster parents she isn't satisfied with the life she has. By chance she find an old decrepit laptop stowed away in a car. She unwittingly takes a risk and turns on the little death machine. After which she is instantly attacked by... a chat-room. There she meets Adam, who apparently lives in town (Houston to be exact) and invites her over to visit. Naturally she takes a trip by foot to meet the mysterious internet lover...

Not all is bad with this movie. Yes, some of the acting is off, but in general the action is good and after a while you get used to the crappy blue screen. If you take it at face value you might actually enjoy yourself, as there are a couple of really worthwhile sequences with the opening segment a standout. Additionally there are a couple of interesting ideas, like causing pain to spectres via ultrared light or the whole house in the prairie motive.

But if you put any thought into the movie it just doesn't make any sense. In the end it turns out that Justine's whole trip was pointless and gives nothing to the story. Additionally we are to believe that it took the army seven years to coordinate a global nuclear EMP attack (what does that say about the army?). Not to mention cell-phones that have power after seven years of laying around in the dirt (Nokia eat your heart out!). All in all I strongly doubt that after the prolonged period of lack of power sources (with no-one to run the power plants electricity would be down in a matter of days, save for maybe nuclear facilities), maintenance and so on anything electromagnetic would be working after seven years. Basically the whole premise stinks of crappy writing and zero afterthought as it really doesn't make much sense.

Generally if you were involved by the previous two parts you can watch this to get some sort of closure. But don't expect much (in any department, especially special effects) and you may just have a good time.

Details

Country:

USA South Africa

Language:

English Slovenian

Release Date:

23 December 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pulse III

Filming Locations:

Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Neo Art & Logic

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color