Octane (Pulse)

Octane (Pulse) (2003)

  • 17% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 28% of users liked it
    (2,592 ratings)

Television commercial director and music video maker Marcus Adams directs the U.K. thriller Octane, shot entirely in Luxembourg. Madeleine Stowe stars as overprotective mother Senga Wilson, who doesn't want her teenage daughter Nat (Mischa Barton) to get into trouble. While driving down the road… More

R, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
Marcus Adams
Genres
Art House & International, Horror
In Theaters
Jul 20, 2004 Wide
On DVD
Jul 20, 2004

Critic Reviews

  • Josh Bell, Las Vegas Weekly

    Once you scratch the surface, there's nothing underneath.

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...the film's storyline is hopelessly convoluted and dull.

  • Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

    Starts as a pretty effective little thriller in the 'Road Trip turns deadly' vein -- and then takes a hard left turn into a field full of stupid.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • vieras e


    Plot, what plot?

  • Doctor S


    Octane or Pulse, those are TWO completely incongruous random titles they chose to stick on this one! Teenage girl is kidnapped/seduced by a cult with cultdom's flimsiest charter ever that was probably outlined on a napkin with the intention of filling in the rest later. Come to… More

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