IMPULSE is a low budget addition to the psycho-thriller genre that's a lot of fun for fans of STAR TREK legend William Shatner. Here, he plays a slick and suave playboy who just so happens to be a man who goes around bumping off rich women to get his hands on their fortunes. Of course, it all goes back to his childhood, revealed in the film's flashback opening. Shatner is at his hammiest here: gurning, charming, threatening and berserk in equal measure, it's a real love-it-or-hate-it performance. The rest of the cast isn't up to much, although it is fun seeing Harold Sakata playing against type as an ill-fated ally. The rest of the movie plays out as expected, but it's amusing enough for fans.
Review of Impulse
