Awake (2007)

Awake
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Horror theme, Surgical procedures

Director: Craig Mckay
Actors: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard

Every year, one in 700 people wake up during surgery. Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard and Hayden Christensen star in this nerve-jangling psychological thriller about a man who experiences the frighteningly common surgical phenomenon known as 'anesthetic awareness'. Those suffering from this condition remain acutely aware of what is going on around them despite remaining completely paralysed and unable to cry out for help.

DVD
Status: QuickPick
Run time: 84mins
Origin: UNITED STATES
Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Member Reviews (38)

38 Member Reviews
uncster
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I really enjoyed this movie. Not overstretched in time and some awesome twists that even I wasn't expecting.
Posted Wednesday, 12 September 2012 See my other reviews
Paula
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An interesting take on a subject matter not initially appealing; the surprising twists keep it interesting and i enjoyed it more than expected.
Posted Wednesday, 4 January 2012 See my other reviews
Deb R
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okay movie, good twist at the end. watchable
Posted Monday, 7 November 2011 See my other reviews
Lynney
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not bad. interesting subject. real twist at the end I didnt see coming.
Posted Sunday, 3 July 2011 See my other reviews
Rog
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Not for everybody, as the main character awaits a heart transplant a plot unfolds involving his doctors and new wife. As the movie progresses and the motives become apparent all seems resolved as the doctors sabotage the operation with the view of accessing his millions, but at the last moment he is rescued by his devoted mother and the plot fails. Worth a Saturday aftternoon watch.
Posted Wednesday, 7 July 2010 See my other reviews
Trey
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Fantastic movie! I really enjoyed the whole thing. I loved the twist at the end, Im a sucker for twisted movies like this one, i would watch this agian and agian and again. Jessica Alba was fantastic as was Hayden Christensen
Posted Thursday, 29 April 2010 See my other reviews
Gary P.
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good show ending was different bit of a twist
Posted Thursday, 15 April 2010 See my other reviews
Michelle H.
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I thought this movie was well acted out. The storyline was good, with a good twist. The ending was a little disappointing, but was worth watching...once.
Posted Tuesday, 22 December 2009 See my other reviews
Margaret
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GREAT movie and I never saw the ending coming!~ FANTASTIC thoroughly enjoyed it!! A
Posted Monday, 26 October 2009 See my other reviews
Kristian C.
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Great film, great thrills and great twists. nice and quick too.
Posted Friday, 4 September 2009 See my other reviews
Frank W.
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An excellent movie - dont read to far down this Members reviews - someone gives away the main plot of this movie - and not knowing the PLOT made this movie so much better for me add this to your queue
Posted Wednesday, 26 August 2009 See my other reviews
Robert
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this is a good movie, realy makes you think
Posted Monday, 22 June 2009 See my other reviews
Darren
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A very dark movie with great twists and thrills. Show the true nature of human depravity and what humans will do to save their own bacon at the painful expense of someone else.
Posted Tuesday, 16 June 2009 See my other reviews
Alan
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Dont let the surgery aspect turn you off this movie. It's a human nature movie about the depth of love and the love of money. I looked away for a about a minute of surgial procedures and the rest is a gripping drama.
Posted Monday, 13 April 2009 See my other reviews
Letitia
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A few twists
Posted Tuesday, 7 April 2009 See my other reviews
Belinda P.
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Thoroughly disappointing. Stupid, ridiculous and pointless. Rubbish acting, rubbish script....not even a very accurate synopsis of the film. Basically bad
Posted Thursday, 19 March 2009 See my other reviews
Kelly D.
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Description on cover was misleading. Didn't really feel it accurately described the movie. Still, it wasn't a bad movie. I was expecting more of a chilling thriller rather than the unlikely plot that unfolded. Not a totally wasted night, but not one to rave about.
Posted Wednesday, 11 March 2009 See my other reviews
Karen M
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I really liked this movie and if you like a thriller that has many different turns then I would recommend it.
Posted Tuesday, 10 March 2009 See my other reviews
Rachael
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Not a bad movie, a few interesting twists. I dont think it had enough substance to it though
Posted Wednesday, 4 March 2009 See my other reviews
Kym
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Great movie - certainly makes you think.
Posted Friday, 27 February 2009 See my other reviews
Gary P.
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A tad slow to start but very good once it got going. I like a nice twist and this had one!
Posted Tuesday, 27 January 2009 See my other reviews
Naomi P.
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Hollywood claptrap, very bad acting.
Posted Saturday, 24 January 2009 See my other reviews
Andrew H.
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Better than I expected and once the plot starts to take a few unexpected turns I found it more interesting.
Posted Wednesday, 29 October 2008 See my other reviews
GANDR
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This first time director/writer has clearly tried very hard to make a grand entrance in Hollywood and in the process has stooped fairly low to get a thrill. This is a nasty story that runs like a horror movie in parts. If you don't like surgery scenes steer clear of this one.
Posted Wednesday, 29 October 2008 See my other reviews
Okto F.
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Although the story is different from the first concept, but it's interesting.
Posted Tuesday, 21 October 2008 See my other reviews
ET
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What crazy director still gives Hayden Christensen film roles...he's as wooden as a broome. That said, this is a very slow far fetched story and God only knows what made Lena Olin waste her time on this.... In a word - disappointing.
Posted Sunday, 5 October 2008 See my other reviews
Athanasia G.
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this was not bad at all it makes you think twice about going in for a operation.
Posted Sunday, 5 October 2008 See my other reviews
Di-Anne R.
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Brilliant movie, best I've seen for a long time
Posted Friday, 26 September 2008 See my other reviews
Thean Yiong S.
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Good movie. Worth watching.
Posted Sunday, 7 September 2008 See my other reviews
Alfred S.
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Little wonder this movie is called "Awake" because if you can stay awake for the whole film it will be a miracle. Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba are not great actors by any stretch of the imagination but they struggle to make anything on the screen remotely believable and the plot is lame and predictable. A yawnfest that is boring and disappointing.
Posted Friday, 5 September 2008 See my other reviews
ka-tet
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More often than not I end up disapointed at this genre, yet this is very nearly four stars. Went in a direction I didn't see coming almost in the middle of my this is so predicable sigh; quite clever.
Posted Saturday, 30 August 2008 See my other reviews
John K.
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Good movie with some good twists,worth a watch
Posted Thursday, 31 July 2008 See my other reviews
Marg O.
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Pretty average.
Posted Sunday, 6 July 2008 See my other reviews
Cristina V.
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this movie has twists and really shocked me which was good, the ending was a bit flat though and expected more. did anyone think that the movie was too short?.
Posted Tuesday, 1 July 2008 See my other reviews
Kerry S.
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Yeah Baby! A unique concept, finally a movie with an original story. If you plan to go under the knife within the next millenia then maybe you shouldn't watch this till after..hehe. Besides being buried alive, this would be everybody's worst nightmare. I will do my utter best never to have surgery again and perhaps never look at my doctor the same. And I thought Dr. Giggles (movie) scarred me for life but this, well will play with my head for days to come. An unpredictable twist turns thrill into disbelief. What this character goes through is just plain torture in all realms of his life. Hayden's acting has certainly come a long way since Star Wars (bordering on eye-candy) and sweet Jessica Alba shows great versatility in her acting. Terence Howard is always a great watch and never disappoints. Lena Olin with the spitting image of Barbara Hershey is a fine addition to the cast. I highly recommend this movie but be sure to stay Awake!
Posted Monday, 30 June 2008 See my other reviews
Paul G.
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Average. Expected better with the cast even though the acting was good, the storyline was even at a stretch very hard to believe. Still worth a watch once.
Posted Sunday, 29 June 2008 See my other reviews
Louise S.
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a movie worth watching...i didnt guess the outcome...
Posted Thursday, 22 May 2008 See my other reviews
Corina P.
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You killed it by revealing the "planning the husbands murder"... lol in your description on the movie.. but mann.. thoroughly enjoyed this movie.. Its scary coz it's so real-life and hard to imagine.. I loved it and it reminds me of CRASH.. Undercover movie, no credit but very "CLEVER".. LOVE IT! :)
Posted Wednesday, 21 May 2008 See my other reviews