Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba at the top of a film’s billing is hardly going to inspire confidence...but then again, every so often even the weakest of actors can make a good motion picture. This is most certainly not one of those occasions. Rich boy Clay Beresford (Christensen) is suffering from a condition that requires a heart transplant, during his surgery he finds himself fully conscious but paralysed. Supposedly to escape from the pain he has an out of body experience during which he sets about unravelling a plot to end his life. So that's the utterly ridiculous plot, and when coupled with some inept acting, preposterous science, a twist that everyone can see coming and some indefensible storytelling devices then there's very little to left to like save Alba's good looks.To call this film unrealistic is an understatement, the only believable plot point in amongst the twaddle is that someone would want to kill Hayden Christensen. When the surgery scene arrives a voiceover takes over, as Clay screams in pain you have to stop and wonder who is having the more painful experience, you or him? What 'Awake' does achieve is a good few laughs, after all it's hard not to laugh at something this poor. But then again, is it really funny that there are people making money from presuming that audiences will just eat up this garbage? To be fair, it doesn't start out all that badly but that's the only semi-compliment I can muster. It's a thriller that lacks suspense and frankly that's unforgivable.
Verdict: A film as bad as it looks and as painful as it sounds.
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