Character Relationship Map: Pulse 3

Characters

• Adam (played by Rider Strong) — protagonist

  Survivor in a post-apocalyptic world where technology is banned, chats online with Salwa.

• Salwa (played by Noureen DeWulf) — protagonist

  Online friend of Adam in a technology-forbidden post-apocalyptic society.

• Justine (played by Brittany Finamore) — supporting

  Michelle's daughter in Pulse 2, caught between her mother's ghost and her father.

• Man With A Plan (played by Todd Giebenhain) — supporting

  Mysterious figure in Pulse 3 seeking a technological solution to the ghost problem.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Adam → Man With A Plan (Unknown Past Car Theft Connection) — Their connection is established through the man's past theft of Adam's father's car; the provided plot gives no further direct interaction between them in this film.

  The plot identifies the Man With A Plan as the same man who stole Adam's father's car in Pulse 2: Afterlife.

• Justine → Man With A Plan (Conflict Captive And Captor) — He confines Justine during his experiments on ghosts; she indirectly enables the ghost to escape, leading to his infection and suicide.

  The Man With A Plan imprisons Justine in a room with a ghost. After she opens a hole in the window's protective cover, the ghost escapes and infects h...

• Justine → Adam (Alliance Online Acquaintances Turned Allies) — Their online contact leads Justine to travel to Houston and help Adam regain human form, but she later rejects the danger she sees in him.

  Justine finds a working laptop and chats online with Adam, who asks her to meet him in Houston. With her help, Adam returns to human form.

• Adam → Salwa (Social Online Connection) — Adam and Salwa are romantically involved and connected online; Salwa's death is part of the backstory to the invasion.

  The plot says Adam's Egyptian girlfriend Salwa is affected by an infection and commits suicide. It also describes Adam as chatting online with Salwa.

Story Analysis

In a world haunted by an Internet-spread plague, Justine's search for connection forces her to confront the dangers of technology and the ghosts it can bring back.

Plot Progression

1. A Forbidden Connection — In a world devastated by an Internet-spread plague, Justine longs to leave her refugee camp. She discovers a working laptop, contacts Adam, and sets out for Houston.
2. The Road Through the Ghosts — Justine's journey is interrupted when an older farmer imprisons her. His wife's ghost infects him, and Justine is allowed to continue toward the city.
3. Houston's Dangerous Research — In Houston, Justine encounters the Man With A Plan, who experiments on ghosts and confines her with one. She creates an opening that lets the ghost escape, and he is infected and dies by suicide.
4. Adam's Human Return — Justine meets Adam and learns that he is a ghost. Her laptop helps him regain human form, but his self-centered and dangerous tendencies lead her to destroy the device and keep its USB stick.
5. The Pursuit and Its End — The Man With A Plan follows Justine in ghost form and tries to infect her as she returns to the camp. Explosions across Earth make the ghosts disappear, and Justine's voice-over says civilization retu...