What if you were a disabled teen who never got to do what the other kids do? Then one day, you are told you can have a new body and do whatever you want to do? That is Ollie’s (Daniel Monks) story in Pulse.
Ollie is an angry teen because he is gay and disabled, and he can’t even party without something going embarrassingly wrong. His mother (Caroline Brazier) does everything to make his life as normal as possible, and all he does is treat her like crap. Since she is her mom, she takes it.
When he is given the chance to get a body transplant, she agrees to let him do it. Now, her son Ollie is her daughter Olivia. Oll can do whatever they want to do, and they do. Oll starts drinking and sleeping with their crushes, all while keeping his true identity a secret from everyone but his mom and his best friends. What happens when his secret and all of his secret trysts are revealed?
Getting everything you want is not always as great as you think it would be. Do you go back to having nothing or try to make the best of your new self? It is interesting question poised by Pulse.
Pulse is one of the most original movies of the year. You have not seen anything like it, and you might not again.
Stevie Cruz-Martin does a brillant telling David Monks’ story. She brings his words to life in a way that will hold you captive from the beginning of the movie until the end.
If you want to watch an intriguing film, then you are going to want to check out Pulse on home video today.
