Awake (DVD)

There are few films out at the moment which are actually persuading me to go to the cinema to pay and see as many are just old plots redone or they are just silly films that shouldn't even be given a budget to make it onscreen. One film though I have heard good reviews about and that has been recommended to me by several friends is the new Jessica Alba film 'Awake'. I had recently seen the trailer but didn't really get what it was about or didn't think that the plot was enough to make a film about but after hearing good things about it this made me reconsider. I also think Jessica Alba is a good actress and chooses her parts well so I decided to pay and see this ...  Read the complete review

Having an operation can be a daunting thing, it's filled with dread; new movie Awake focuses on two of the many things that can go wrong during an operation. Firstly being awake but paralysed during the operation, and secondly death when the operation goes wrong. Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) is a wealthy young man, the heir to his father's fortune Clay spends his days saving businesses and helping those less fortunate. While it might seem like a dream come true Clay's life is not all perfect, he has an incredibly dangerous heart condition and is in desperate need for new heart. Clay is optimistic about his future operation because one of his best ...  Read the complete review

The same night that Clay Beresford marries the girl of his dreams Sam, he get's the call from the hospital informing him that his wait on the heart transplant list is over, they have an organ ready and he is to come in for surgery. Everything seems to be working out well for Clay, until he is put under general anaesthetic and is one of the 1 in 700 people that experiences "anaesthetic awareness" meaning he can feel everything that's being done to him and hear all that is going on around him but is paralyzed and unable to let anyone know he is awake and is helpless to stop it. Hayden Christiansen (Jumper) takes on the part of Clay well. There has ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears on my film review website, ShaunMunro.co.uk, and Helium.com, thanks! Joby Harold's Awake, in its opening titles, explains the phenomenon of "anaesthetic awareness", whereby a patient retains consciousness of events around them whilst under general aesthetic, often whilst having painful and intrusive surgery performed. Such forms the horrific situation for young, successful hotshot Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen), who undergoes a heart transplant, and in his consciousness, uncovers a sinister murder plot against him. A crazy premise? You couldn't be any more on the money. The first mistake that this film makes is to ...  Read the complete review

Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) is a billionaire heir and is very much in love with his fiancé of one year Sam (Jessica Alba), however Clay is reluctant to tell his controlling Mother Lilith and this is because Sam is Lilith's personal assistant and Clay's Mother will look down on working class Sam. Clay has a rare heart condition which requires a transplant, his Mother has a world-renowned surgeon who is willing to perform the operation but Clay is set on letting his friend and experienced surgeon Jack (Terrence Howard) perform the procedure. Clay gets the call he's been waiting for informing him that a new heart is ready for him on the night that he ...  Read the complete review