Review of Awake (2007) by Tina C — 09 Jun 2009

Not good by any objective standard, Awake is a breezy but depressingly factory-assembled thriller that goes through the motions with drowsy efficiency until it reaches its requisite Big Twisty Reveal. I guess most viewers won't see the end coming, but since the whole damn thing is so low on fresh ideas and character development, it barely elicits more than just an 'ohh'. But the shaky finale is hardly the last of Awake's flaws : limp performances from both leads, thin characters and very few actual thrills render this helplessly shallow chiller kind of a bore. Its narrative doesn't point towards an actual reality for these characters outside the ongoing plot-- it's boxed in and entirely fabricated. And that... that's something I really hate.

I don't want to talk about this film anymore. I wish for Awake to collect dust in every videostore across the world.