Pulse 2: Afterlife Review
Written by: TheResidentEvil
Wow~~!!! Okay, I would put a spoiler alert on this review...but the movie is so bad, I am sparing you the agony as opposed to spoiling this atrocious pile of dung!
I realize that this is receiving less than favorable reviews with it's release only being a few hours ago, but I thought I would give this movie a try anyway (I was able to watch this film for free). I loved the original Pulse with Kristen Bell. It scared the heck out of me numerous times. This film, on the other hand, was a sad attempt at film making let alone a sequel to a relatively decent movie.
The first problem I have with this film is their over-use of green screens. They are used for nearly EVERYTHING. No joke! The only time the green screen is not used as far as I could tell was in the apartment where the mother lives and a few close-up exterior shots where you are pretty much looking at the ground. Could they not afford a few sets to be built or to shoot on location? Really? Because I know film students who work with absolutely no budget that still film on location or build sets with whatever they can find.
The second issue I had with this film was the horrid acting. The father needs some anger management therapy. Every scene he is in it seems like he has some reason to scream. What that reason is remains a mystery to the audience, but he apparently gets angry easily. And the little girl apparently needs a leash. She keeps running off. And after running away from her ghost mother, she deems it necessary later in the film to go find her mother who is trying to suck out her soul. Umm, what?! She is a spaz. Funny thing is, the dad jokes the little girl but somehow he gained custody of the little girl because the mother was a nut? (Yeah, we get all sorts of pointless details in this film)
The third issue I had with this film is that these characters are all apparently idiots. The world is facing an apocalypse and the father is staring into a destroyed gas station store asking to pay for gas on pump 4...WTF?! Just take the gas and go!
Then we have this masked man in red running around, breaking windows and flailing around a gun that looks as fake as the mistresses boobs in this film (oh yes...there was nudity...and it was cheap...and the sex scene made me gag). He says he wants to help save the world...or destroy it faster but is threatening people (especially the little girl).
Oh, and get this...Do you remember the creepy ghosts from the first one? All of that jittery walking, fast moving, soul sucking, grey static...Yeah...good times, right? Okay...so they decide to "expand" on that idea in this film and make the ghosts appear as normal living humans during certain scenes...I am guessing it was to throw us off on who is dead and who isn't...But really, after pressing play on your DVD player, I doubt you'd give a sh*t about anything other than why you are wasting your time with this film.
The film also tries to discuss some of the theories on the ghosts and the situation that occurred. Well, if you've seen the first film, you have all the answers...this film just reiterates them in Rain-Man terms.
In summary...The cinematography is garbage, the acting is poor, the plot is weak, the scares are non-existent, and you gain NOTHING but a headache and a desire to kill one's self after watching this film...Wait, maybe that was the idea...since the film is about people killing themselves or turning into ash (or a puddle of tar as expressed in this film...MMMMM fat man porkin' a pile of tar with an obligatory nipple shot :::gag::::).